ROOTED: Material Ecologies
Roots are the building blocks for our natural world.
They are a language from the ground - a slow, deliberate weaving of living fibres that grow beneath our feet and out of sight.
Exhibiting Messums West: 24 May - 14 June
Messums West Gallery, Wiltshire UK
As part of an investigation into creativity utilising non-hydrocarbon resources, root textiles meet the age-old techniques of British basket-making. The exhibition is a dialogue across time, reflecting on our enduring relationship with materials, from the traditional woven willow basketry of the past to the potential of bio-fabricated materials in the future.
With thanks to Amos Studio for their skilled willow basketry.
In sponsoring an artist to produce a large-scale, ephemeral artwork, Messums is committed to supporting innovation at the intersection of material experimentation, artistic vision, and ecological awareness. This commission is not just about the outcome, but about process, dialogue, and the exploration of alternative ways of making and materials. By facilitating the creation of a work that embraces temporality as aesthetic value, we seek to push forward the conversation on what it means to make—and unmake—in a time of ecological uncertainty.