Forest school
In a wild woodland designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty lies the base-camps for various forest-schools – places for children to learn and play in amongst nature. This project captures this empty playground.
To capture a glamourised childlike memory of what this place might feel like to a child. Using beams of sunlight to paint soft patches of gold and paths along the woodland floor. To showcase a sanctuary of wonder and enchantment.
A snapshot into a version of our life that we chose to remember
This project tries to capture the hard-to-pin down ideas of national romanticism, family and belonging that underpins Swedish culture. As our children decamp to Sweden for their summers – slotting into different rules, language and environment – their memories will be tempered by this alternative reality. This project then, is a snapshot into a version of our life that we chose to remember.
In the tales we weave and the whispers between generations we remember and tell stories to anchor us to a culture and place that has moulded us. We ignite a deep-seated yearning to return, revisit, and remember, quite what we’re never entirely sure – for it is illusive.
