Name/Title
The Future from Above; VindolandaEntry/Object ID
2026.20.03Description
Laura Moore (b. 1979) explores the complex relationship between systems of the natural world, human intervention. Working across sculpture and drawing, Moore combines traditional craft-based processes with contemporary approaches to design, mapping, and observation, creating works that reflect on humanity’s evolving relationship with landscape and technology.
Moore frequently works with stone and wood, materials that carry within them histories of geological formation and environmental change. Through carving, shaping, and construction, she transforms these enduring materials into forms that evoke both natural and manufactured worlds. Her sculptures often resemble landscapes, architectural fragments, or familiar technological objects such as computer monitors, keyboards, and other devices. By juxtaposing organic materials with references to technology and industry, Moore highlights the tensions between what is natural and what is built, while drawing attention to the enduring impact of human activity on the environment.
Underlying much of Moore’s sculptural practice is an interest in how landscapes are measured, interpreted, and altered over time. Her works encourage viewers to consider the ways in which human systems of design, infrastructure, and technological development shape our understanding of the world around us.
In her drawings, Moore adopts an aerial perspective to depict archaeological sites. Using coloured pencil and a meticulous attention to detail, she renders locations where evidence of past civilizations remains embedded within the landscape. Vindolanda (a Roman auxiliary fort in England) examines a where natural and human histories intersect. By mapping the site from above, Moore shifts the viewer’s focus away from individual monuments toward the broader networks and systems that connect them. Her drawings reveal patterns that are then transformed and reworked into something like resembling a circuit board. Her work invites reflection on the interconnected forces of nature, technology, and culture, revealing landscapes not as static environments but as dynamic spaces continually transformed by geological processes, human intervention, and the passage of time.Artwork Details
Medium
coloured pencil on paperDimensions
Height
58.42 cmWidth
35.56 cm