Forests at the Edge: Borders, Boundaries, Bodies
Explore Stanmore Country Park, a forest ecology on the edges of London with artist Becky Lyon
Ticket Information
Forests at the Edge: Borders, Boundaries, Bodies
Date: Sunday 14th May
Time: 14:00pm - 16:30pm
Location: Stanmore Country Park
Tickets: £3.00, Book here (Donations welcomed)
Join artist and London National Park City Ranger Becky Lyon for the second of three walks exploring what forest ecologies on the edges of London might have to teach us about sharing space, finding community and co-flourishing alongside each other in the city
Event Information
We will continue venturing into human-forest interrelations by exploring borders and boundaries in the park and how they complement (or challenge...) how nature organises itself.
We will explore the borders of our own bodies - where do we end and the forest begin?!
We'll delve into soft edges, rides, ecotones as places of flourishing in the forest and indicators of organising spaces differently. We will discuss the usefulness of borders and boundaries - who are they serving?; what are the challenges of stewarding spaces?; when if ever might it be helpful to have spaces ‘off-limits’?
Contributors
Becky Lyon
Becky Lyon is an English-Jamaican artist working at the intersection of art, ecology and community. She’s interested in how art practice can help us re-body back into the animate, vibrant, tangly messwork of our ecology and is interested in ecology as a sourcebook for co-flourishing in times of ruin. Her work manifests in multiple forms from tactile installations to rituals, sensory artefacts and word-foolery. She is Founder Grounder of Ground Provisions - an artist-led, schooled-by-the-forest for grown ups hosting participatory gatherings, walks, sensory seminars and reading groups for a range of audiences. She has an MA Art & Science from Central Saint Martins and an MA Art & Ecology from Goldsmiths University and is a volunteer London National Park City Ranger.
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Harrow Nature Conservation Forum
Location of event
Stanmore Country Park Kerry Ave Stanmore London HA7 4NN
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