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Ways of knowing
The artists in this exhibition explore how and where we as individuals fit in the natural world, making connections between the environment and our physical bodies.
Counterpoint
A playlist of sound works created by artists and musicians engaging with and amplifying natural forces and elements.
Sense Collect Digest Ferment – Chiara Dellerba
A sensory exploration of the unknown greenery in your neighbourhood and its impact on the way we taste food and rethink our relation with nature.
What We Weave – Boon & Baum
Brendan McDowell from Mycosia discusses fungi and the world of mushrooms with Boon & Baum.
Podcast Playlist – 04 Two For Joy
Two For Joy is a new playlist by Astrid Björklund responding to Fermynwoods Podcast Episode 18 with Danny Treacy and Johannes Zits.
Fermynwoods Podcast 20 – Spencer Graham
Spencer Graham discusses the specificity of music, tracklists and circular narratives alongside forest themed tracks.
Fermynwoods Bulletin: Issue 17
The digital version of our 2023 bulletin, Issue 17 in the series, featuring the latest activity in our Xylophobia programme.
Arts Inspiration – Denise de Cordova
Denise de Cordova is an Arts Inspiration for one student from The CE Academy.
Xylophobia: Online
An exhibition of digitally based work which takes its name from the fear of wooden objects, forests, or wooded areas.
Fermynwoods Focus – Greg Orrom Swan
Greg Orrom Swan’s process of digital fermentation sets something generative in motion and an outcome emerges – whilst “hoping the mould doesn’t win”.
Fermynwoods Focus – Felix Loftus
“The association of woods with treachery and horror was used frequently in Flash games to enhance the thrill factor, perpetuating xylophobic tendencies”
Fermynwoods Focus – Zhengzhou and Zhengyang Huang
Zhengyang and Zhengzhou Huang’s Fire speculates on the environmental impact of Machine Learning and graphics processing units.
Fermynwoods Focus – Spencer Graham
“I’ve got this weird thing about ownership” – a closer examination of Spencer Graham’s Xylophobia / Shinrin-yoku.
Fermynwoods Focus – Ama Dogbe & David John Scarborough
Ama Dogbe and David John Scarborough’s Underlands imagines possible futures even as loss and grief present us with changes we are yet to fully respond to.
Podcast Playlist – 03 To The Trees I Take My Tears
A new playlist by Astrid Björklund responding to Fermynwoods Podcast Episode 17 with Hanna Tuulikki.
Podcast Playlist – 02 Avian Archives
A new playlist by Astrid Björklund responding to Fermynwoods Podcast Episode 16 with Maya Livio.