
KATIE SANDOVAL MEADE
Art & Education


Dreamforest

Dreamforest takes us into the undergrowth of a tropical rainforest. Exotic creatures hiding amongst the abundant plant life. In the distance, a new technological species has arrived on the scene. A robotic dog designed to monitor the landscape through artificial eyes. As surveillance technology penetrates our world further, what will we learn? What will we un-learn? What will we leave behind? Plants featured: liverwort moss, soft palms, bromeliads, epiphytes and the stilt palm, whose hollowed-out trunks are used to deliver toxic curare poisons for hunting. The robotic dog is inspired by an environmental monitoring ranger released into Sherwood Forest as part of a 5G Connected Forest project in 2021.

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Dreamforest
Remote Landscapes
A collection of paintings exploring ways of connecting with the wider world through painting. Remote Landscapes was a project about friendship across the world. I asked friends around the world to photograph their local landscapes which were sent to me via text. I then responded to their images with my own interpretation, finding a point of connection and exploration, even in a world wide lockdown.








