Engaging with the indexical mark of our milieu

The materials that will identify the geological age termed the Anthropocene are the substances of Parker's art practice. Processed organic matter indexically marked by that vast pollutant - plastic. The making process leaves her works open to unstable, unexpected and irregular results that point toward the past and to a future that is yet to be imprinted. A visual representation of our inexorable human Empreinte that's simultaneously 'there' and 'not there' in the environment. It's a delicate yet poignant balance Parker plays, drawing meaning from the meaningless and beauty from waste.