The Forest Is The Museum – Abigail Lane & Lala Meredith-Vula
The culmination of Abigail Lane and Lala Meredith-Vula’s residency at Fineshade Wood recontextualises lost property collected in the forest.
Fineshade Wood
Nick Reeves Arts & Environment Award 2019
Fermynwoods Contemporary Art has received a special commendation as part of the 2019 Nick Reeves Arts & Environment Award for our current programme, The Forest is the Museum.
Background Studies – Hues of Labour
Background Studies, Hues of Labour is a guest exhibition by James Smith focussing on the intensity of colour found in Forestry Commission tree spot marking.
Danielle Lemaire, Eerie Wanda and Jason Creed
A performance and talk in the woods featuring artist and musician Danielle Lemaire, musician Eerie Wanda and writer Jason Creed.
Now We Rise and We Are Everywhere
Now We Rise and We Are Everywhere is a guest exhibition and series of performances by Danielle Lemaire, inspired by the work and times of Nick Drake.
Algorithm in the Forest – Exhibition Launch
The Algorithm in the Forest is a multichannel video and sound installation that explores how natural systems have inspired algorithms that impact how we experience our daily lives.
The Algorithm in the Forest
Nature knows nothing of bits, bytes, JAVA or C++ but expresses itself through things like hormones, pheromones and DNA.
Boids
Students from Newton Road School worked with Owl Project to discover natural movement patterns and their own Boid-like behaviour.
Archive of the Trees Book
Edwina fitzPatrick The Archive of the Trees book explores whether climate change should be addressed culturally or scientifically.
In search of ants
Owl Project are spending time in Fineshade Wood exploring the forest floor, lifting up logs and looking under stones in search of ants, using cameras and software to visualize the routes taken by these creatures to allow for what seems like chaos to be rendered as pattern.