In print
Below is a digital version of our printed leaflet, which we handed out to our audiences at Timber to share a bit about the story of The Underneath, what inspired us, who we… Continue reading
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The Underneath at Timber 22
Our magical fungi-inspired installation popped up in the woodland at Timber Festival in July! We invited people to step inside and see things from a different perspective, exploring the hidden networks that connect… Continue reading
Taking Shape
After a group visit to the Timber Festival site we collectively shaped an idea for a built structure to sit between 2 beautiful oaks. Inspired by mushroom gills we imagined a space to… Continue reading
Making Connections
Drawing on the connecting power of fungi’s mycelium root networks in the forest we wanted to expand our own networks and connect with local groups and community events. We invited people to make… Continue reading
R&D with Will, Claire, Barret & Tom
With funding from Near Now we invited Will Harvey (architectural designer), Claire Davies (digital artist), Barret Hodgson (projection artist) and Tom Harris (musician) to work with us to experiment and develop our ideas… Continue reading
Fungi up close
We continued our research with the help of Beverley – drawing, making spore prints and examining our finds under the microscope. We learnt how trees and fungi support each other with nutrients through… Continue reading
Fungi Foray with Wild Beverley
In Oct 2021 we started our fungi explorations with a walk on the Timber festival site with ‘Wild Beverley’ Rhodes – Derbyshire’s official mushroom recorder. Within 2 hours we found over 40 different… Continue reading
Film-making with Electric Egg
We’ve been documenting The Telling of the Bees project as it developed. We also asked Steve and Neil from Electric Egg to help us film the finished installation and interview each other and… Continue reading
The Telling of the Bees at Timber 21
After lots of pauses we were so excited to share our night-time audio visual installation at Timber Festival in July – and got some great feedback! Here’s a little clip of the piece… Continue reading
Our Print’s Ready!
Hot off the press our rizo leaflet (and free poster) – using the vector images we made with Bec Smith. We can hand this out to the audience at Timber next weekend and… Continue reading