Andy Parsons: Tacitus
'Tacitus' expands on the themes of Trajans column. It takes as its starting point descriptions by the Roman author Tacitus of the various campaigns undertaken in central Europe in the cause of the expansion and protection of the empire.
The book picks up on description of events such as the cutting down of forests to provide wood for bridges and castles. The images conjured, of the imposition of Man's will over nature, have particular contemporary resonance; and add to the theme of colonial aggression, our current very fraught relationship with the natural world
'Tacitus' 2006
Woodcut on 1970s computer printout paper.
23 x 350 cms