seeds of change

23 August – 15 September 2023

Prospect Gallery, Hull

Exhibition details (including access info) can be found HERE

“seeds of change was a celebration of radical kindness towards the more-than-human world, and includes work that visual artist Lauren Saunders has made in the studio, outdoors, in collaboration with more-than-human beings and alongside various community groups.

She questions relationships between humans and ‘nature’ in the context of the climate crisis. She believes that developing these relationships in meaningful ways could lead to the kind of radical, ecoliterate transformation that is so urgently needed today.

Lauren has been exploring these ideas within her recent MA creative practice studies by taking an experimental and creative autoethnographical approach to research. she uses blend of science, art-making, empiricism, mysticism and direct experience to better interact and ‘listen’ to the more-than-human world. She has been navigating themes of inter-species kinship, nature connectedness, human:non-human creative collaboration, ethical art-making and sustainable professional practice – and looks to natural phenomena as conscious, equal, co-creators of knowledge in her learning.

seeds of change showcases this postgraduate research. through an interdisciplinary collaborative approach (drawing, sculpture, photography:film, installation, participatory activity). She argues that creative, scientific, material, existential, emotional and spiritual transformation – on which the survival of humanity relies – arises from compassionate action. Lauren calls for a restorative (re)cultivation of care and respect with our more-than-human kin and with each other.”