Anna Gillespie’s works are a celebration of the ways in which humans have trodden the land and continue to do so. The indoor work is about linear walking – journeying, pilgrimage, purpose –whereas the outdoor work celebrates circular movement as we dance, or take part in rituals, themselves sometimes an inner pilgrimage.
In this time of climate emergency perhaps a distinction should be drawn between our literal human footsteps and our wider ‘footprint’ on the Earth collectively as a species. The act of making a footprint, of walking, is one of the least harmful things we do as humans. These works celebrate that action.