“Hannah Scott’s practice takes inspiration from the poetic side of science and medicine.  Classical forms such as drapery and figuration are used to explore contemporary narratives. The works achieve intimacy with audiences, in movement and emotion, that is intellectual. The results are enticingly pretty. But careful, these surfaces hide a deeper intent not motivated by response. Rather, by a complex inquest into unanswerable questions. Aesthetics masks a difficult story that is empathetic to the imperfections of existence.”

In following a movement, Passing Us By explores the passing of time. A girl cartwheels. She starts standing tall, leaps upside down and lands arms up. When we look at children, we think, 'Haven't they grown?' We feel a yearning—of not wanting them to change, of wanting time to stop. We feel an awareness of our own limited existence, of getting older.

The sculpture is an ombre of the darkest to the lightest blue. Like a landscape, with perspective, the lighter shades, at the beginning of the movement, are interpreted as further away, in the distance, in the past, almost a memory. The darkest colour, in the final stages of the movement, is more present.

Outdoor Sculpture