Michael Morley

Blue is a way to describe sadness

Cyanotype on Textile, Thread 360cm x 175cm

Artists: Frances Auld, Georgia Castle, Cilla Clarke, Mackenzie Hayward-Williams, Belinda Mason, Meaghan Miller, Iona Stewart, Adele Watson. Special Thanks to Lynn Taylor.

The Anthropocene is a broad and perhaps overwhelming subject. For the purposes of this project we located our focus in Ötepoti and looked to the garden – both at the Dunedin School of Art, as part of the Otago Polytechnic Living Campus, and our homes in relation to eco-grief and the potential of “The Great Turning” narrative.

In response to these conversations, we made textile squares, using Cyanotype processes and stitch (embroidery, patchwork, quilting) which alluded to our response to ecogrief in the face of climate change.

Image credit: Georgia Castle (detail)