I’ve had a very rich and busy September. Working with groups and individuals in Liverpool with Up Projects, in Somerset with Hauser and Wirth and Spike Island, in Bath with Forest of Imagination, some really rich time in Portsmouth, beginning a ‘walking and talking’ mentoring process with artist Hannah Mae Buckingham. I’ve also started anContinue reading “How do I notice birds?”
Tag Archives: Walking
A Taste of the Mersey: Racial Justice and Regeneration
On Thursday I led a walk in Liverpool titled Neuroqueer Ecologies: Noticing Differently, as part of the UP Projects symposium Bodies of Water: Regenerative Art Practice. The symposium was curated by Justine Boussard (below, left) and partnered with the Liverpool Biennial, with an associated public art commission by Anne Duk Hee Jordan at A laContinue reading “A Taste of the Mersey: Racial Justice and Regeneration”
After the Rain: Run off and Roadcombing
After a Summer of drought, I was wishing for some heavy rain. We had a little, then a little more, and now we’ve got the heavy stuff. As I wrote on instagram, the arrival of the rain relieves some of the tension in my body, hardened and tensed by the wait and the awareness ofContinue reading “After the Rain: Run off and Roadcombing”
Tonal podcast with Feral Practice
Earlier this year I walked along the flooded River Tone near Taunton, Somerset, with artist Fiona MacDonald, working with more than human communities as Feral Practice. Fiona invited me to talk about Queer River, and explore more generally how Queer and Neurodivergent perspectives might shape our understanding of rivers. In a similar way to QueerContinue reading “Tonal podcast with Feral Practice”
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”
Bodies of Water Symposium at the Liverpool Biennial
On September 11th I’ll be facilitating a walk as part of Bodies of Water Symposium: Regenerative Arts Practice. Titled Neuroqueer Ecologies: Noticing Differently, our walk will see us travelling as a group from Black-E to the Queen’s Wharf on the River Mersey, noticing and creatively recording how water passes through the city, informed by myContinue reading “Bodies of Water Symposium at the Liverpool Biennial”
Walking with… Artist Feral Practice
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written one of these posts about a one-to-one walk and talk, two years in fact, the last one being with Artist Gemma Gore in December 2024. Others have featured collaborators such as Botanist Mark Spencer, writer Peter Reason, medical humanities researcher Catherine Lamont Robinson, and seasonal streams researcher/ecologistContinue reading “Walking with… Artist Feral Practice”
Creative River Walk with Norfolk Rivers Trust – Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn – 23rd November
On Saturday 23rd November between 1pm and 4pm I will be leading a river walk in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, with Tim Fisher from The Norfolk Rivers Trust. The walk is open to adults (16+) and older accompanied children (13+), and costs just £2.50 a ticket to cover the cost of materials. We will start andContinue reading “Creative River Walk with Norfolk Rivers Trust – Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn – 23rd November”
The Body of the Forest
I came home yesterday after a week at SPUDworks in the New Forest, the first week of a part-time residency that will culminate with an exhibition in June. I’ve called the residency Neuro/Queering Nature. I had the idea that I would draw from my lived experiences of the Forest, as a queer, autistic artist, piecingContinue reading “The Body of the Forest”
Sodden
It’s been a while since I’ve been on a Queer River walk, although like the river itself, my Queer Rver research doesn’t stick within the boundaries that I originally used to define it. Instead they evolve as the work progresses, with the words that I use to describe it changing to fit with what I’veContinue reading “Sodden”
Queer River 