Resources

Talks, texts, poetry and artwork, by a range of scientists, artists and thinkers, whose work and thought have inspired my research, into new practices and perspectives.

I hope you enjoy and find inspiration in them.

Artists

Evgenia Emets ‘Weeds in Art’, Resurgence with Pete Yeo

A trilogy of talks. Listen here

Feral Practice and Marcus Coates

Ask the Wild is a collaboration between artists Feral Practice and Marcus Coates, offering fresh perspectives on personal, social, and political issues in human society. Listen to the podcasts here

Ask the Wood is a collaboration between artists Feral Practice, Marcus Coates, forest scientist Gabriel Hemery, mycologist Irene Palmer, urban ecologist Mathew Frith and plant folklorist Roy Vickery. Read all about it here

Emma McNally in conversation with Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery

Emma Mc McNally explores complexity and entanglement, Her drawings have been utilised across categories where new modes of thinking are evolving (including ecology, physics, philosophy, music, politics, urbanism, mathematics, cartography, architecture, choreography, networks and complexity). Hear more about her work and vision here

Lucie Winterson

In participation with a waterfall, she asks ‘How might we locate art practices in a space of mutuality between the human and more than human world?’ Read and listen here

‘Supracellular’ by Sophie Strand

Opening up to “a supracellular state,” Sophie Strand uses her imagination to feel herself as part of the more-than-human: as river, as mycelial network, as the blood of a monarch butterfly. Read and listen here

Plant sentience

Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard

Finding the Mother Tree, brings us into the intimate world of trees, exploring the ways in which trees learn and adapt their behaviors, remember the past, demonstrate agency over the future, and cooperate with a sophistication typically ascribed to humans. To find out more about her work and vision, listen here

Trees Talk: A Conversation with Suzanne Simard

Named as one of Time’s 100 most influential people 2024, Suzanne Simard is a scientist, researcher, educator, UBC professor, leader of The Mother Tree Project. Listen here

The Secret Genius of Plants

BBC documentary - recent studies have found that plants can smell, touch and taste, and have other surprising senses, allowing us to look at them with fresh eyes.  View here

Places

Alfoxton Retreat Centre

A land-based retreat centre in the UK, drawing inspiration from nature and the arts where people can awaken to the depth and breadth of human experience.. Alfoxton is one of the main places of inspiration for my current body of artwork. Find out more about this extraordinary land and community here

Sentient Forest Project

Communication & Collaboration Between People & Trees in Northern Finland. Find out more here

Art and Mindfulness

Drawing and the Art of  Mindfulness

by Clare Barton-Harvey
Artists and Illustrators Magazine
Download PDF here

The Art of Mindfulness
Can mindfulness practices help us lead more creative lives?

by Clare Barton-Harvey for Pallant House Gallery
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The 3 minute Breathing Space

by Clare Barton-Harvey
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