​''Anthropocene'' was an installation within the group exhibition '' Sanctuary''. Anthropocene’s aim was to discuss the cycle of nature, and man’s interventions with it. The work was a site specific conceptual installation, originally shown June 2023 in the “Sanctuary” exhibition at the Not For Sale Gallery.  The apple is emblematic as the fruit of knowledge and temptation, when cut in half horizontally it has a pentagram is at its heart representing forbidden knowledge. An apple was placed on the earth from Axis, on the centre of a box made from the acrylic covid screens, where the apple seeds were also scattered.  The moulded ice hands symbolic of humanity reached for forbidden fruit. There was also a bowl of apples, people were invited to eat an apple and place seeds on the earth. The growing trees from the original artwork are a continuing part of the installation and are emblematic how human interaction can be caretaking when working with nature and not destructive. The work consisted of recycled elements, such as the earth from “Axis” the ground breaking bio communal portrait by Audrey Rangel Aguirre which premiered in the “Light is Life “ group show at NFS March-June 2023, and donated Covid-19 protection screens. Combined with cast ice hands,  apples and apple seeds. The apple seeds were collected from eaten apples in the NFS gallery. NFS was only open by appointment or Sundays.  Sanctuary was a dark show, when people visited blinds were down and there was no natural sunlight. The question was; would there be enough sunlight for the seeds to germinate, would the water from the melting ice hands be sufficient to water seeds, or would it fill and flood the box. Additionally would the ice hands slip from their anchors, and crush sprouting seedlings. Would the balance of human intervention be beneficial or harmful, would nature prevail? Any apple seeds sprouting will be re potted and eventually planted in the English countryside in a continuing element of the installation. Additional information -  In June 2023 The White House opened up research into blocking sunlight from hitting the surface of the Earth in a bid to halt global warming  “SRM - Solar Radiation Modification”  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2023/06/Congressionally-Mandated-Report-on-Solar-Radiation-Modification.pdf