Emily
Moir
My practice explores the relationships between ecology, geology, climate, and landscape through sculpture and installation. Working in response to the environments of Scotland, I am interested in the forces that shape the land over time—erosion, growth, decay, movement, and transformation—and how these processes connect us to place. Much of my work begins outdoors through walking, observing, collecting, and recording. These activities become forms of research, allowing me to engage directly with the materiality and rhythms of the natural world. Rather than representing landscape, my installations seek to evoke its physical presence, energy, and continual state of change. Using found, natural, and constructed materials, I create sculptural works that encourage contemplation, movement, and sensory engagement. Layers, textures, and forms emerge through processes that echo those found in nature, reflecting cycles of accumulation, fragmentation, and renewal. The work often exists between permanence and impermanence, mirroring the fragility of ecological systems and the vast timescales of geological change. At the heart of my practice is a fascination with our relationship to the natural world and a desire to foster deeper connections with the environments we inhabit. Through sculpture and installation, I create spaces that invite reflection on landscape as an active, living presence—one that holds memory, responds to climate, and continually shapes both itself and those who move through it.