Florence Woolley__
Florence is an artist and researcher, working between, moving image, installation and performance. Her work is informed by the politics of land not simply as an object, but as an instrument of social and cultural power, this includes the growth of the global economy, the privatization of public space, and the deep legacies of imperialism. By attending to what has been lost or made invisible, in the past and present simultaneously, she hopes she may challenge perception by casting a disobedient gaze.
Blurring the lines between fact and fiction her work is driven by a desire to tap into the politics of the everyday to question the assumed normality of socio-political life. Drawing connections between seemingly disparate ideas using found footage, narrative, poetry and performance, Florence’s work considers how visual language can transform our perceptions. Her work is particularly concerned with disrupting the legitimacy of citizenship, nation-states, and institutions. Rather than seeking to solve problems or establish wholeness, Florence’s work finds nuances and particularities to reimagine the entangled relationship between people, place, ecology, and time.