Over the last few months I’ve been parking up and walking out from some of the towns and villages sited along the Bristol Avon and its tributaries, as they run through Wiltshire. Although the Salisbury or Hampshire Avon runs nearest to my home in the Vale of Pewsey, the two watersheds meet only a fewContinue reading “Walking Out”
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Re-Making Rivers: Learning from Different Perspectives
As an artist I’m interested in making, including how other species can be seen as makers, and the possibility for multi-species collaboration, including in the re-making of UK rivers that have suffered from previous human interventions. Earlier this month I spent a few days holiday in Devon with my family. I was hoping to findContinue reading “Re-Making Rivers: Learning from Different Perspectives”
A Rivery Mind / Thinking with Bridges
My work ‘out there’ (outside of my home and studio) now quietens for the Summer. I have some lovely one day events and CPD sessions I’m facilitating in August, but apart from that, life can slow down for a bit. When I am doing my work with organisations and communities I need to interpret myContinue reading “A Rivery Mind / Thinking with Bridges”
Noticing Differently: Rivers, Bodies and Beavers
Over the last year or so I developed a PhD proposal and then applied for a studentship to fund my research. The proposal focuses on my Neuroqueer Ecologies research and applies that to human/beaver relationships, in the re-making of rivers, and within the context of climate and biodiversity crises. Put very simply, Neuroqueer Ecologies isContinue reading “Noticing Differently: Rivers, Bodies and Beavers”
Ground Up Exhibition and Conference at Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn
After carrying out an extraction-themed residency this summer with Groundwork Gallery in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, focusing on wetlands and building on my Queer River research, I’m excited to be able to invite you along to Ground Up, the resulting exhibition. With 20 artists involved in this Summer’s residency, Ground Up will be the first of two exhibitions, with Ground Water,Continue reading “Ground Up Exhibition and Conference at Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn”
Walking with… Queer Geographer Joe Jukes
Joe Jukes is a Queer Geographer and a PHd Researcher with The University of Brighton. Joe also curated the Queer Constellations exhibition that I was involved in at the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading earlier this year. Currently based in rural Somerset, Joe is researching the experiences of queer people living in theContinue reading “Walking with… Queer Geographer Joe Jukes”
Art, Borders and Beavers
I’ve been intersted in the reintroduction of locally/nationally extinct species for a long time, visiting Cranes in Somerset and the Great Bustards just a few miles away from me on Salisbury Plain. I’ve also recently completed a short film for Wessex Museums, supporting young people to respond to the stuffed Bustards at Salisbury Museum, asContinue reading “Art, Borders and Beavers”
Queer River 