Slow art from the heart - in conversation with Pinkie Maclure

Since the 1970s, every year on the 22nd of April, people around the world have been taking part in Earth Day to demonstrate their support for protecting life on our planet. So for this month’s episode we have decided to speak to Pinkie Maclure whose unusual art often explores how we humans have been affecting the places we all call home, and her personal responses to modern environmental issues. Before listening you may want to have a look at the pieces we discuss by following links in the episode notes below.

Interview, production and editing: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Pinkie’s pieces discussed in the episode:

• Self-portrait dreaming of Portavadie https://www.pinkiemaclure.net/self-portrait-dreaming-of-portavadie
• Landfill tantrum https://www.pinkiemaclure.net/landfill-tantrum-stained-glass
• Fish and chips https://www.pinkiemaclure.net/fish-and-chips
• Black Friday and the ghosts of thrift https://www.pinkiemaclure.net/black-friday

You can find Pinkie’s art at: 

• National Museum of Scotland, Environment section
• Kilmorack Gallery https://www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/
• An Tobar Art Centre, Mull - July exhibition https://www.comar.co.uk/ 
• A part of Craftspace’s “We are Commoners” touring exhibition in England and Wales (virtual version coming soon): https://craftspace.co.uk/wearecommoners/

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinkie.maclure/

Video showing her studio and technique: https://youtu.be/OSSVGq_Z1Go

Kathleen’s blog post about Earth Day: https://tayportgarden.org/2021/04/13/rekindling-awe-for-earth-day-2021/ 

Solastalgia explained on Climate Psychology Alliance website: https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/handbook/484-what-is-solastalgia  

Portavadie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portavadie