About this Event
Inspired by the process of vernalization — when a long period of cold helps new seedlings to sprout — you are invited to consider how the cold months could make future blooming possible.
At first glance, it feels like winter = withering. The branches are baring, the carpets of technicolour leaves are diffusing into watery sludge and our own energy starts to diminish. But what if this was an invitation to look harder, go slower and take notice of how nature is restoring and replenishing? How could nature provide inspiration for how to flourish in winter, or as Katherine May writes, ‘witness the full glory of flourishing in lean times’?
During this cosy morning of making and conversation, take an attentive walk outdoors, create a floral arrangement using ‘dead’ flowers, and craft your own talisman from recycled aluminium cans – a meaningful keepsake that doubles as a festive decoration.
This event is part of the public programme for Manifold: Ecology, Entanglement and Exchange, an exhibition by artist Emma Smith with UCL researchers and community collaborators.
Event Details:
Date: Sunday 6th December
Location: UCL East Marshgate,
Time: 11.30am-1pm
Free
Age 16+
Please note: this event involves a short walk outdoors in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Please bring suitable clothing for cold / wet weather.
Please contact us if you have any access requirements.
About Becky Lyon:
Becky Lyon is an English-Jamaican artist, researcher and London National Park City Ranger. Her practice explores the politics of ecology in England and the possibilities of artists as ecologists and conservationists. She explores sensory knowledge as a way of developing relationships to nature and her work takes the form of sensory installations, playful interventions, sculpture and analogue media formats. She runs Ground Provisions, a ‘schooled-by-the-forest’ for grown-ups and The Department of Artecology, an interdisciplinary research group exploring artist-led environmental practice. She is currently researching for her PhD, "Touch as method for critical ecological stewardship in England” at Goldsmiths University of London and has an MA Art & Ecology and MA Art & Science.
Event venue & nearby stays
UCL East - Marshgate, 7 Sidings Street, London, United Kingdom
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