I originally made these photographs and recordings in 2016, when I travelled to archaeological sites in Britain where evidence of the very first human species had been found — species that have since become extinct.
I recorded soundscapes of my journey, something that, at the time, seemed far too left-field and abstract to give a second thought to. The work wasn’t fully formed back then, and I ended up shelving the project, but during the pandemic, they began to take on a new significance.
I found a solace in re-exploring them — thinking about, listening to, and looking at these sites where earlier human species once roamed. It helped me to think about the situation with a broader perspective, and making abstract compositions using the field recordings was a way for me to explore these thoughts, and process my own emotional experience of the situation in which we find ourselves.