Generation Anthropocene

Sue Palmer Artist,

A truly powerful article by Robert MacFarlane in The Guardian (Friday 1st April), full of thought provoking connections around nature, culture and the era we are living in.

‘We are living in the Anthropocene age, in which human influence on the planet is so profound – and terrifying – it will leave its legacy for millennia. Politicians and scientists have had their say, but how are writers and artists responding to this crisis’.

Read the article here.

Yes, I feel solastalgic.

And yes, “nature is perhaps the most complex word in the language.” (Raymond Williams, Keywords 1976)

Featured image on home page: Mid-West Agriculture – photo by Djof / Flickr / Creative Commons

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Published by Sue Palmer Artist

Artist and producer working across media and form, often making art with other people arising from context and place. Sue began collaborating as a teenager in a girl punk band, going on to work in live performance in the UK and internationally, including as a Lecturer at Dartington College of Arts in Devon. Commissions include work for festivals and non arts organisations. Sue also works in community and movement building around climate in her home town of Frome, Somerset, and as project lead for Future Shed Frome. Sue also convenes an experimental online Art Club with artist Joff Winterhart.

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