Ecky Thump is a body of work which explores the physicality and immediacy of the spaces formed between ourselves, our interactions with one another, and our surrounding habitat. It considers both present and historical associations of the countryside, examining our place within it and the traces left through use, proximity, and encounter.

Each element engages with a different aspect of terrain, approaching landscape as something relational rather than fixed. When exhibited together, the works are presented as an ensemble, allowing the individual sections to operate in dialogue, foregrounding shifts in scale, material, and gesture, and emphasising the cumulative imprint of human presence within the landscape.

(Installed as an ensemble) the works establish a series of upright encounters which mediate between body and landscape. Vertical forms invite a bodily reading, positioning the viewer in relation to scale, posture, and the physical act of standing within shared space.

The work exists as a collection of interrelated sections rather than a singular object. Each fragment engages with a different aspect of terrain, history, or interaction, allowing the overall meaning to remain open and contingent, shaped by how the parts are encountered together.

Through shifts in material, scale, and spatial arrangement, Ecky Thump transforms lived experiences of the countryside into physical form. This alchemical process reworks memory, use, and social exchange into material propositions, where landscape becomes something handled, negotiated, and reimagined.

Exhibited installation showcasing multiple pieces together in situ as an ensemble: