Stephen Gill’s practice is driven by a fascination with his instant environment. From the longing to engage with the hidden wildlife that surrounds his home in rural Sweden,to the years he spent cycling through Hackney Wick, scouring its vast markets and narrow towpaths; it goes way back to his initial obsession as a child, and to collect insects and bits of pondlife to examine under his microscope. “My hobby morphed into what I enact for a living,” he reflects, “making this new work took me right back to those early years, or as whether completing a full circle”.
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