Invisible Fish

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https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40460

Abstract

I’m going to describe an ongoing artistic project with the title “Invisible Fish.” This project began in 2018 as a collaboration with South African writer and director Lindiwe Matshikiza. Before I begin to describe how Invisible Fish came about, I want to set the scene by reflecting on a photograph of my daughter several years ago in an aquarium, looking at a diver cleaning the tank. I’ve had this photograph on the wall of my studio ever since I took it and, in many ways, I can trace the start of the thinking for this Invisible Fish project back to this moment.

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Author Biography

Flora Parrott, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London

Flora Parrott is a practice-based researcher working primarily in sculpture and textiles. The work looks at notions of the subterranean, experiences of darkness and the restructuring of the senses. Based in the Geography Department at Royal Holloway since 2016, initially as Leverhulme artist in Residence and then as a Techne PhD student, the artistic practice is informed by contemporary thinking in geography and the geohumanities. Parrott trained in Printmaking at Glasgow School of art and the Royal College of Art, the practice is still rooted in the techniques and approaches of printmaking workshops; using materials and processes as a way-in to making.

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2025-02-24

How to Cite

Parrott, F. (2025). Invisible Fish. UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 22, 99–102. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40460

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Vol. 22 (2025): Below

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