JULIE ANDREYEV
Artist statement

My practice expresses care and relations with more-than-human life and the land with the aim to build a better future for our planet and all life. Creative reciprocity is at the core, fostering relations with animals and plant life through processes of interspecies communication, creativity and stewardship. My art uses noninvasive technologies to engage with plants, trees and animals and, in exchange, offers gifts in the form of habitat and co-created stories that advocate for care. Material processes involve land-based approaches applied to listening, field recording, video, sound art, and media installation.

My art research and practice addresses the climate emergency and the diminishing habitat for more-than-human life. It investigates wildfire sites as spaces for listening and reflection; the importance of trees and forests for supporting the health of the planet and all life; and citizen approaches to creating habitat for urban living animals displaced by development and deforestation. My practice includes public workshops that engage audiences with new experiences of noticing and listening to the land and living beings, and fostering a sense of connection.

I am currently working on the sound of wildfire sites ((Burnt Branch Soundscape), creative co-productions with birds (Bird Park Survival Station), and sound art experiences within old-growth forest ecologies (Branching Songs).