‘On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing’ a new exhibition by Rae Begley reflects on nature, on Earth as a living organism.
The photographs were made with a slow intensity of exploration through the physical act of walking and site-responsive connections to remote environments.
Performative in the process of their creation, each reportage work is happened upon, captured during physically demanding expeditions.
Geological landscapes, otherworldly scenes and elements of human interference become found moments in time and space, evoking environmental and philosophical questions.
‘On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing’ is a meditation on time. As humans, we are slow to act to protect the environment from our own destruction, to halt its decline, to care for home, our golden earth.
Purity of form, colour and composition intends to record truth and authenticity; the result of a considered, long and deliberate analog process of photography that incorporates film, natural light, hand held and hand printed techniques to express a delicate balance of strength and fragility.
The exhibition includes a sound collaboration with musician and composer Russell Webster utilising field recordings and live instrumentation (which has since evolved into the creation of the band now known as The M1).*Exhibition title references an excerpt from Arundhati Roy’s speech “Come September” delivered in 2002.
