Victoria Emily SHARPLES is an artist and PhD candidate at Leeds Beckett University in the School of Art, Architecture and Design. Her doctoral research MEDITATES ON ISSUES SURROUNDING HUMAN IMPOSED AUTHORSHIP OF MATERIALS AND CONTEMPORARY ECO-POLITICS. Often durational, her practice encompasses time-based performance, video and photography, conceptual scores and events. Informed by eastern and elemental PHILOSOPHIES, her work utilises: sound, slowness and motion to accentuate the effects of human activity.