Jemima Hall
Individual
Within her art practice she enters Scotland’s remotest landscapes to study the ethnobotanical uses of the natural material present. She explores natural building techniques through experimental and experiential architecture. With her interests in ethnobotany and natural building techniques of the Scottish Isles, she finds herself interacting with heather, stone, turf, clay, animal skins and most notably, seaweeds. She is currently working with seaweeds because of their changing textures and their incandescent and translucent qualities.
Jemima's work exists through sculpture, visual poetry and performative art. Drawing and writing equally play an important role in her art practice.
In developing her art practice Jemima has undertaken several self-funded expeditions to Scotland’s remote landscapes. In March 2023 Jemima returned from the uninhabited Shiant Isles where she had spent thirty-three days of winter in solitude. In March 2022, the year prior, Jemima spent twenty-six days in solitude on the remote island of Gometra.
Jemima has spent extended periods of time on the Isle of Lewis and Harris, the remote island of Mingulay, the Isle of Skye, and is currently based on the Isle of Mull.
It is in a depth of presence with the natural landscapes and seascapes, that she experiences their natural materials through all of their differing forms, studying their colours, textures and strengths through all of her senses. By living within these landscapes she learns about ourselves as humans, about tradition, ingenuity and survival.
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