Counterpoint
A playlist of sound works created by artists and musicians engaging with and amplifying natural forces and elements.
Online Programme
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.
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.