Today I walked out from The Pound Arts Centre in Corsham, Wiltshire, to follow the path of the Byde Mill Brook through the town. I’m leading a Creative River Walk with The Pound on Wednesday 9th August (follow the link to book, if you fancy joining me), so this was a chance for me toContinue reading “Following the Path of the Byde Mill Brook”
Category Archives: Events
Queer River, Wet Land – Recording of Online Sharing Event
I’m glad to be able to share this recording for those of you that were unable to make the Queer River, Wet Land sharing event last month, which took place as part of The Dear Green Bothy, with The University of Glasgow, What can queer perspectives bring to creative explorations of river health and riverContinue reading “Queer River, Wet Land – Recording of Online Sharing Event”
Queer River, Wet Land – Sharing Event, Thursday 25th November
What can queer perspectives bring to creative explorations of river health and river futures, in a time of climate breakdown? Join this special sharing event to explore the learning that has emerged from the Queer River, Wet Land collaboration, and to deepen your own creative engagement with rivers. The sharing event will tak place onContinue reading “Queer River, Wet Land – Sharing Event, Thursday 25th November”
Queer River, Wet Land Performance Score: an invitation to collaborate
As a result of my work with Minty Donald last month, on the Queer River Wet Land project with The University of Glasgow, we have put together a performance score to invite others to get involved remotely. The score, available to download below, invites people to engage with their local river and consider the relationshipContinue reading “Queer River, Wet Land Performance Score: an invitation to collaborate”
Queer River, Wet Land: Part 1 – Walking with Minty Donald
I’ve just been in Glasgow for a few days, at the invitation of The University of Glasgow, and as part of The Dear Green Bothy. You can read more about The Dear Green Bothy in this previous post. Whilst in Glasgow I met, walked, talked and made with collaborators suggested by the University. This wasContinue reading “Queer River, Wet Land: Part 1 – Walking with Minty Donald”
The Dear Green Bothy: Queer River Comes to Glasgow
After a recent Climate Museum UK meeting, I was invited by Mark Banks of Glasgow University to bring Queer River to Glasgow as part of The Dear Green Bothy – ‘hosting creative and critical responses to climate emergency‘ – in the lead up to the COP26 climate talks. Queer River, Wet Land will take placeContinue reading “The Dear Green Bothy: Queer River Comes to Glasgow”
Queer Constellations – Exploring and Sharing Together
On Friday I joined other artists exhibiting in the Queer Constellations exhibition, at The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) in Reading, to see our work, meet each other for the first time ‘in the flesh’, and take part in workshops/discussions relating to the subject matter of the exhibition, namely queerness and rurality. As partContinue reading “Queer Constellations – Exploring and Sharing Together”
Queer Constellations Exhibition at Museum of English Rural Life
I’m currrently exhibiting Two Avons: Boat and Body at the Museum of English Rural Life, as part of the Queer Constellations Exhibition, Artistic Trespass and Rural Gay Histories exhibition, curated by Joe Jukes with MERL. Two Rivers: Boat and Body is a new version of the Two Avons installation, originally commissioned by Yarmouth Springs Eternal.Continue reading “Queer Constellations Exhibition at Museum of English Rural Life”
Queer River at the Yarmouth Springs Eternal Exhibition
I’m excited to have been invited to share some of the Queer River artwork as an installation at the Yarmouth Springs Eternal exhibition in Great Yarmouth next month. ‘Yarmouth Springs Eternal is an arts, nature and walking project based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It will take place from the Spring Equinox to Summer Solstice inContinue reading “Queer River at the Yarmouth Springs Eternal Exhibition”
Different Parts of the Same Whole
It’s school Easter Holidays here, and I’ve been balancing starting a new project (www.noticing-nature.com) and joining the occasional meeting, with helping our boy venture out of lockdown to meet friends and be more sociable again. I also dug myself a pond, which I have been extremely excited about planting and filling, and waiting for aContinue reading “Different Parts of the Same Whole”
Queer River 