SARA TRILLO
Sara Trillo is a visual artist based in East Kent. She explores landscapes through research, walking, and making, seeking to uncover hidden histories of the human presence within our shared ecological environment. Her sculptural output ranges from small handheld tools to immersive installations deploying archaic making skills such as flint-napping and plant-dying processes. She also leads public walks which include performative sharing narratives about the mythologies of these sites. Currently Sara’s research focuses on dene holes, ancient mine shafts dug to extract chalk for marling. Work responding to a mapping of Kentish dene holes was shown in the 2023 Dunkirk Art and Industry Triennale. Sara is now collaborating with gardener Fiona Parry to experiment with planting traditional forage crops using chalk and soil mixes, as part of a Kent Downs/Creative Folkestone commission. This research will be developed further through a chalk extraction residency at GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn in summer 2024.
www.saratrillo.co.uk