Hera Büyüktaşçıyan often references mythology and architectural structures, closely observing their genealogies and the ways in which they change over time. The Earthbound Whisperers 2023 explores the relationship between the body and landscape. Inspired by the Nine Maidens standing stones in Cornwall and the dolmens in Korea, the artist surveys the underlying dynamics of surface and invisibility through these anthropomorphic monoliths. According to Celtic legend, the nine maidens were petrified for singing during the Sabbath. Büyüktaşçıyan draws a parallel between these mythical characters and female workers at the Crysède silk factory in St Ives who worked in silence while making camouflage netting to conceal military and civilian buildings during World War Two. With these references, silence becomes an agent in the creation of obscure and imaginary topographies. Displayed as a constellation of graphite drawings on textile, this work explores human traces in nature, but also the politics of invisibility and the accumulated histories within.