TWILIGHT

ongoing project emphasising the health aspects of air pollution in support of clean air

 
How to make something invisible tangible ? How to frame clean air, as is a human right, a common good and should never be a commodity. Vivienne attempts to raise awareness by making the aspect of clean air an experience. Layered ink paintings created by her breath, air quality graph collages and cork willow installations resembling our lung trees. A metaphorical interpretation of our relationship with air and breathing.

Air pollution poses a major threat to our health and the climate.

Imagine the first breath when you are born, and how this airflow becomes part of the earth, of the rhythm and the cycle that we are all part of. We are part of this working for the ecological wellbeing of the planet. What more can we contribute than to breathe?

Lichens on twigs and tree branches are telling us about what's happening now in terms of air pollution and lichen on tree trunks are telling us about the history of air pollution in the past.

Vivienne is currently conducting research on lichen. To correctly convey these issues Vivienne receives information and advice for this project directly from a Natural History Museum Collections’ curator.