“From a distance” is a response to Kentish (South East England) landscapes shaped through wandering, gathering, and transforming earth into form. It explores how we experience land in the age of the Anthropocene — where encounters with place are often fractured or lost. A panoramic billboard, earth-formed monoliths and spheres, and screens with video and sound construct a mediated ‘spectacle’ of place. Together, they juxtapose the direct, embodied engagement of walking in the land and a distanced technological
representation.
The billboard acts as both a window and a barrier, symbolising a longing for connection with nature, while confronting the reality of our disconnection. At its core is the retired hoverport of Pegwell Bay, a site once dominated by industry, now slowly reclaimed by nature. Its haunting beauty holds both ruin and resilience. The work asks: What remains of place after extraction, neglect, and spectacle? And can we begin to reimagine more attentive, ethical ways of being with the land?
BA (Hons) Fine Art - Canterbury 
Jack Higham | Fine Art
