salvage — Thérèse Lynch

Thérèse Lynch

Artist & Filmmaker

This video of Salvage was shown in the John Muir Trust Creative Freedom exhibition June 2024

Café Tissardmine is in the Moroccan Sahara. I was artist in residence in March 2023

Café Tissardmine is in the Moroccan Sahara. I was artist in residence in March 2023

While most was prepared for disposal, I played around with a few scraps

While most was prepared for disposal, I played around with a few scraps

Daily, I’d walk for a couple of hours, picking up rubbish along the way. Usually plastic bottles, discarded by tourists. Sometimes rope or bags

Daily, I’d walk for a couple of hours, picking up rubbish along the way. Usually plastic bottles, discarded by tourists. Sometimes rope or bags

Salvage emerged

Salvage emerged

Installed outside the cafe, it looks like a field of Spring blossoms, temporary, fragile. Belying the belligerent permanence of the materials

Installed outside the cafe, it looks like a field of Spring blossoms, temporary, fragile. Belying the belligerent permanence of the materials

I found out, towards the end of my stay, the rubbish I removed from the desert was most-likely burnt...

I found out, towards the end of my stay, the rubbish I removed from the desert was most-likely burnt...

Salvage; dedicated to our perpetual struggle with the overabundance of useful but non-biodegradable waste

Salvage; dedicated to our perpetual struggle with the overabundance of useful but non-biodegradable waste