I create to further the dialogue of creative expression our species has had with the environment since antiquity — perhaps even longer if we consider dance, song and ritual. As human “sophistication” increases our relationship to the environment lessens, creating a rippling effect of issues now and to come. Renewable energy, soil degradation, improper mining, bycatch, and the extinction crisis are bases of concern and inspiration. Parallel to such issues, I express and grapple with my own identity; its erasure or exposure to further unify us, or at least that is the hope.
In collaboration with nature, my work is a weaving process of sculpture and performance that lead to a site-specific work. I juxtapose beauty and disaster or mortality, in places not widely known in unlikely and unique circumstances as modern techniques and ancient practices permeate and inform the work.
In my studio, I research and scour printed and online articles, sift through records and news to then scan maps or GoogleEarth in order to actualize a project. With environmental mishaps as a constant, I must painstakingly choose which issue precedes the next. I welcome any support to further missions often periled in elements of danger and trespassing for something worth all my heart — a sacredness that lives in the land, air, and sea. Since 2017 my works have helped record present issues while unraveling a conversation that promotes a change in how we treat not only the environment but one another.
Wind works are awaiting to be published and sneak peaks can be found on Instagram: derekglennmartin
In collaboration with nature, my work is a weaving process of sculpture and performance that lead to a site-specific work. I juxtapose beauty and disaster or mortality, in places not widely known in unlikely and unique circumstances as modern techniques and ancient practices permeate and inform the work.
In my studio, I research and scour printed and online articles, sift through records and news to then scan maps or GoogleEarth in order to actualize a project. With environmental mishaps as a constant, I must painstakingly choose which issue precedes the next. I welcome any support to further missions often periled in elements of danger and trespassing for something worth all my heart — a sacredness that lives in the land, air, and sea. Since 2017 my works have helped record present issues while unraveling a conversation that promotes a change in how we treat not only the environment but one another.
Wind works are awaiting to be published and sneak peaks can be found on Instagram: derekglennmartin