LAURA MELISSA WILLIAMS
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Project   WILDERNESS

exploring  our  connection  with  wilderness

Earth,  air,  fire,  ice,  water.
In the past few years I’ve creatively experienced and studied the elements.

Water and ice in a sailing expedition with artists and scientists to a remote part of the arctic.
Earth and fire through a trip to Burning Man.
Air through my experiences as a certified paragliding club pilot.

​I believe that we are part of nature and working with it is key to our survival as a species and that there’s a ‘wild’ side is in all of us. 


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 Arctic   expedition - JOURNEY   TO  73°  NORTH

An expedition to one of the planets last wildernesses, with a diverse group of artists and scientists. 
We sailed to a remote part of Eastern Greenland on a 1951 German wooden sailing boat, named Opal. 

My aim: to experience and creatively document one of the worlds last wildernesses. 
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On the expedition I used photography, the written word, poetry, pencils and paints to capture my experience.
I documented happenings and above deck and below. 

ABOVE deck 

Capturing snapshots of the landscape: sketching, painting and recording sounds and landscapes.
I was fascinated by arctic light and the elements of myth, folklore and illusion from this region. 

Arctic Light Arctic   light

 Arctic   sketches 

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Glacial forms 

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MOTION sketches 

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Below  deck 

What happens beneath... 
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OPal  ship  sagas 

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Conversations of cast and crew through the written word. 

Arctic   creative   session

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​Capturing the subconscious experience through group drawing. 

Post   expedition   drawings 

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  • About
  • Art
    • Future Cities : 2100
    • Electric Connections
    • Modern Love Project
    • Public Toilet Project
    • Project Touch
    • Project Wilderness >
      • Arctic Light
    • Project skies >
      • Moon Landing
      • Pink Moon
      • Northern Lights
      • Flights of fire
    • Cities from Space
  • Field Journal
  • Contact
  • RESIDENCY
    • RESIDENCY INFO