Krystyna Massey
Future Pasts: Generational Games of Hide and Seek

This research focuses on the Anthropocene also known as the Capitalocene, an unofficial unit of geologic time widely regarded as the period to describe significant human activity that has impacted the Earth’s geology and ecosystems. Our species has been described as a geological force, but for the first time in history this force is reflexive; it directly experiences the consequences of its own actions. This research focuses on two key themes; the concept of time in relation to ecological thought and the ability of objects to mediate time and space. This work investigates how individual objects can be representative of the complex entanglements of the Anthropocene to act as a vehicle through which to traverse temporal scales. Exploration of these objects can be used as points of activation to investigate the intersections and slippages between ecology, geology, deep time, futuring and the power of small objects. At the centre of the work lies the desire to grapple with the impossibility and yet urgent necessity of time beyond the brief subjective human experience. My cross-disciplinary practice focuses on writing, sculpture, digital manipulations and audio works, using fiction and scale as primary research methods to break the impasse of the present and explore deep pasts and speculative futures.