Chewie from the Open Forest Collective lead an experimental forest walk through the protected landscape area of Křivoklátsko (CZ) on the 9th of OCtober 2022 Forest walkers followed Chewie in exploring a patch of the local Bohemian forest and learned about its complex multi-species environment. The walk, as per the collective’s aims, was performative and open-ended, centered around the… Continue reading Walking with Feral Forests, Creatures, Stories @ Uroboros Festival 22
Walks
Walking the green of the industrial revolution @ Ouseburn
In August 2022 in Newcastle we took a group of people fro two experimental, hybrid walks in the Ouseburn area followed by a co-creation of forest tories. The patch we walked is a small urban conservation area located in the Ouseburn Valley, which is often considered the birthplace of the industrial revolution in Newcastle. The… Continue reading Walking the green of the industrial revolution @ Ouseburn
Walking with Sipoonkorpi
Forest – or metsä, in Finnish – is a place of refuge, myths and sacredness, a way of understanding oneself and others, as well as a standard canvas for industrial extraction of natural materials. To better understand complex, entangled forest ecosystems as well as the creatures that live in and around them, with the Open… Continue reading Walking with Sipoonkorpi
Experimental walk at Hyytiälä Research Station
As part of our contribution to the Uniarts Helsinki’s fourth Research Pavilion we set up an Open Forest installation in Hietsun Paviljonki during summer 2021. As part of the event we organized two hybrid (online and onsite) walks inviting people to walk at the Hyytiälä research forest. For this experimental walk some participants joined us from the… Continue reading Experimental walk at Hyytiälä Research Station