Palimpsest is a film artwork by Joanna Hopkins based on the female body, natural plant dyes, our interactions with place, and the change of use of landscape over time. It is part of a commissioned project by Wilderland 2025 which included a series of natural plant dyes created across two public workshops. Special thanks to Wild Nephin National Park and the NPWS. Filmed at Lios na Gaoithe, the windy fort, the film was created on the morning of the Winter Solstice, 21st December 2025. 

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WILDERLAND is a public art & community ecology project in Mayo connecting people to their local environment through a 2-year programme of creative public engagement, embedded research, and site-responsive art in the landscape. It is a recipient of the Creative Climate Action fund, an initiative from Creative Ireland. 

Yoga sequence: Colm Hynes Yoga. 
Artist, direction, plant dyes: Joanna Hopkins
Videographer and Production: Wild A Productions. 
Sound and Location: Bryan Duffy and Richard Dunne. 
Performers: Annette Jordan, Nuala Clarke and Caroline Hopkins
Score: Irish Lights, a Castlebar/ USA, sound artist and musician duo.