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07 Jan

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19 Aug

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The world underground provides an irresistible setting for stories; epic myths, ecological entanglements, the place of ultimate rest. Emerging science about the complexity of the soil microbiome can feed the imagination and provide reason to be hopeful. Underfoot explored is an installation that spotlights the intricate...

09 Aug

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Noun: rhi - zo - sphere A word originating in part from the Greek word ‘rhiza’ meaning root. The narrow region of soil or substrate around a plant root that is inhabited by a unique population of soil bacteria and microorganism. [button size='' style='' text='Listen to Benji and...

12 Apr

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Over one cup of tea talking about costume practicalities for a dance project I became a core member of this collective. Frances Donohoe, who bought this group into being, was keen to learn more circus skills and bring them into their devised contact improvisation dance...

12 Apr

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Pangolin’s Ark was a social arts organisation which I founded in 2009. It was the first project I initiated and it set the way for my long-term commitment to raising awareness of sustainability in an applied context. I secured funding from Arts Council England and...

12 Apr

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Look closely and see familiar forms in a different way. Turn the tables and experience a different perspective on the everyday; beautiful or disorientating? What would you like to see differently? Gemma Seddon and I were delighted by the simple, playful illusion created a giant periscope...

29 Jan

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This installation quite literally shines a light on humble root systems. This normally unseen, overlooked anchor of the ecosystem makes the world underfoot a poinient setting to encounter stories and questions about humans relationship with nature. ...

25 Sep

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La Baguette Magique is the kind of children's book adults enjoy and learn from too, but it isn’t finished yet.. I am collecting stories about cooking and enjoying bread from around the world which will be bought to life with illustrations by Amy McSimpson in a children’s...

25 Sep

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A Tail for Dagenham Brook first emerged as the Less Mess Monster in North East London in 2013; an idea to make junk model monsters with young people which could be paraded along the Lea canal. After laying quiet for a number of years it...

01 Aug

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My Island? Your Island? Our Island? This is the Walthamstow Archipelago. Everyone is invited to bring their imaginations and depictions of a special, magical place to life. Please see the invitation below. If you do make your own window exhibition please share it with @poppy_flint and @artilleryarts. Myself and...