The work of Alexandra Warren (b. 1999, Gateshead) investigates post-humanism within post-industrial landscapes—influenced greatly by the geography and distinct socio-political history of the North-East of England. Through a variety of mediums, including drawing, hand-embroidery, and video, her work develops via a unique uncovering process. With a research based practice, the work is generated through site visits to areas of particular interest.
Often referencing mythology, symbolism and utilising repetition, Warren’s recent work, including a series of banners and videos, explore how traces of socio-political histories are experienced in and influence the contemporary. Within her work, she uses the form of the banner as a vehicle, to navigate the etymological origins of words and the social politics rooted within landscapes and communities.
One notably recent work, ‘Embroidery of the Underworld’, exhibited at The Common Room in Newcastle Upon Tyne, responds to the mining seam maps housed in the archives of The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering.
