Ecofeminism Under Glass: Women of Derring-Do in the Panicocene (2025)

My interdisciplinary practice explores the intersection of ecofeminism, archival reconstruction, and storytelling through photography, installation, and object-making. Rooted in personal and historical narratives, my work seeks to reframe women’s experiences—particularly those rendered invisible by dominant cultural discourses—through imaginative acts of recovery and reinterpretation.

In Ecofeminism Under Glass: Women of Derring-Do in the Panicocene, I respond to the climate crisis with chromatography, microscopy and a series of terrariums; miniature ecosystems housed in repurposed glass containers that serve as metaphors for resilience, care, and survival. Inspired by the accidental invention of the terrarium in 1829 and the linguistic evolution of “derring-do,” I embrace mistakes and misprints as generative forces in both ecological and artistic processes.

Each terrarium tells the story of a woman who has faced environmental catastrophe and emerged as an agent of change. From Yvonne Weekes’ volcanic displacement to Turia Pitt’s survival of a bushfire, these narratives are embedded in elemental themes of earth, water, air, and fire and reimagined through miniature landscapes populated with found objects and vintage ephemera. The work is a tactile, visual archive of ecofeminist resistance, bridging personal memory with global activism.

Through these works, I aim to shift the discourse from panic to positivity, offering small, hopeful gestures that counteract ecological despair and celebrate women’s courage in the face of planetary uncertainty.