I am delighted to have a piece about my performance ‘Projection’ included in the latest Dark Mountain Publication - ARK. In it I share some of the ideas behind my work and residency at Phytology: Bethnal Green Nature Reserve.
‘In between the questions and in the one minute of listening that followed, we waited for a sign that the nonhumans could hear us. There weren’t any tangible answers. Yet as the projected light highlighted the surfaces of the trees, the questions were reformed and recontextualised by their bark and the foliage of their leaves.’
The Dark Mountain Project is centred around the Dark Mountain books published in autumn and spring - making art that doesn’t take the centrality of humans for granted. We are tracing the deep cultural roots of the mess the world is in.
This is a special all-colour edition, including many beautiful pieces by other writers and artists, and a front cover by Graeme Walker. Dark Mountain: Issue 22 - ARK can be purchased here.
To celebrate Dark Mountain: Issue 22’s release, do join us for an online launch on Tuesday 25th October starting at 19:30 BST. You can book a place here.
Dark Mountain: Issue 22 is a hardback book, 256 pages long, printed on FSC-certified paper
Editors: Neale Inglenook, Joanna Pocock, Philip Webb Gregg. Art and Production: Charlotte Du Cann.
Cover and contents artwork Graeme Walker