Polly Garnett
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Polly Garnett

ArtistBelfast, United Kingdom
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Polly Garnett
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Polly Garnett

ArtistBelfast, United Kingdom
About me
Polly Garnett is an Artist based in Cardiff, South Wales. As a multidisciplinary artist, her mediums include, but are not limited to, photography, performance art, sculpture and moving image. Her interests lie in environmental issues in relation to social engagement, such as activism.
Projects
  • With Her in Ourland
    With Her in OurlandCultural Ecofeminism has been developed in response to the belief that women and nature have become dominated and devalued in Wester culture.Followers of this belief have come to idealise a time in prehistory when nature was encapsulated within the female figure. With Her in Ourland presents three visual analyses of Cultural Ecofeminism within the context of the British anti-fracking movement. The ritualistic repetition of gestures, both performed and cast in ice, displays these forms of activi
  • The Stranger in the Field
    The Stranger in the FieldSince its introduction in the 13th century, the rabbit population of the United Kingdom has risen to over 37.5 million in the wild. Under the Pests Act of 1954, the whole of England and Wales has been declared a rabbit clearance area. The Stranger in the Field examines the effects of the domestication of the rabbit as a means of visualizing the consequences of the imposition of man upon nature. It looks at direct cultural and scientific evidence to examine the continual degradation of an animal's natural characteristics; for the interest and maintained dominance of humans.
Work history
    Friends Of The Earth logo
    Friends Of The Earth logo
    Volunteer Content CreatorFriends Of The Earth
    Cardiff, United KingdomFreelance
    Volunteer content creator/producer for ongoing campaigns using both still and moving image.
Skills
  • Photography
  • Video
  • Post Editing
  • Digital Content
Education
    BA (hons.) Documentary Photography
    Cardiff, United Kingdom