Art + Psychogeography
A free walk and talk event exploring how rural environments can effect emotions and how walking can be seen as way to creatively explore different places.
Outdoor Institute of Art
Wild Sharing: Multimedia Collage with Shirley Nette Williams
Participants met for a day in the woods, experimenting with mixed media collage with artist Shirley Nette Williams.
Wild Learning: Mindful Art/Flow State with Kajal Nisha Patel
Join us for a unique day of mindful creativity and yoga in the heart of Fineshade Wood led by visual artist and certified yoga instructor Kajal Nisha Patel.
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.
Wild Sharing – Do Birds Hit In The Woods
Specialist sound engineer John shared his expert knowledge and experience of making lathe cut records, helping participants to create their own vinyl disc.
The Algorithm in the Forest
Nature knows nothing of bits, bytes, JAVA or C++ but expresses itself through things like hormones, pheromones and DNA.
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.
Wild Learning – Human Theremin
During Wild Learning: Human Theremin with Stuart Moore, participants created a collaborative piece using nature sounds altered by their own conscious and unconscious movement.
Wild Learning – Sound and Vision
Join sound artist, musician and beatboxer Jason Singh for an exploration of pattern and repetition. This workshop will test how the aural and visual can work together, using sound sampling and visual loops, voices and elements of the surrounding woods.
Art + Landscape
Join our free discussion event exploring the relationship between materials and the landscape from which they are extracted, with artist Onya McCausland.