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Reflections on our latest visit to Knepp

On 14th– 17th September 2018, I returned to Knepp Castle Estate for a third time with Jamie Lorimer, along with three new visitors: Sofie Narbed, Jenny Swingler and Scott Twynholm. On previous trips we had scoped out, explored and experimented with this complicated site; learning to read, interpret and work with the wild processes and inhabitants of the Wildland Project (Overend and Lorimer 2018). This time, we planned to make something: to create a text that tangled together our artistic…See More
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The Six Wild Ways of the Oak

An audio essay by Jamie Lorimer, Sofie Narbed, David Overend, Jenny Swingler and Scott Twynholm. Written at Knepp Wildland Project in West Sussex.The Six Wild Ways of the Oak is a creative response to the wild ways of Knepp Castle Estate, focussing on the different topologies through which we might conceive of the oak.This project was funded as part of Jamie Lorimer’s British Academy Fellowship at the University of Oxford. Thanks to Penny Green, Tom Forward, Rina Quinlan and all the staff at…See More
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Jamie Lorimer and I have published an article on our rewilding work at Knepp Castle Estate. 'Wild Performatives: Experiments in Rewilding at the Knepp Wildland Project' is available in GeoHumanities.Many thanks to Professor Baz Kershaw for his generous and constructive comments as we revised the essay, and sincere apologies to Baz for omitting acknowledgement of this contribution.See More
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Retreating: Thinking, Making, Being

Over the past few years I have undertaken numerous creative residential retreats. This prompted me to think about the benefits of these processes for artists, writers, thinkers and performance makers. All images are the author's own from the Performing Wild Geographies event at the Knepp Estate in October 2017.Retreating: Thinking, Making, BeingThe word retreat implicitly has the promise of a “treat” within it, referring to the notion of a treat as "anything that affords pleasure." Treat comes…See More
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Performing Wild Geographies: An ethnographic report

The event: Performing Wild Geographies, a two-day creative workshop, took place at Knepp Castle Estate, West Sussex (2nd-4th October 2017). Focused on collaborative performance-making strategies between artists and academics from disparate disciplines, the event aimed to be a cross-disciplinary experiment around wild(er)ness and rewilding, drawing in particular on the Knepp’s Wildland Project case, in the southern block of the estate.The event was led by Jamie Lorimer (Geography, University of…See More
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A Creative Document of Performing Wild Geographies, 2nd - 4th October 2017, Knepp Estate

IntroductionPerforming Wild Geographies brought together artists and academics working in the fields of rewilding, human geography, paleoecology, conservation, performance studies, theatre, visual arts and journalism, in order to explore the potential for transdisciplinary collaboration in rewilding. The two day research event took place at a pioneering rewilding project: Knepp Estate in West Sussex. It involved presentations and workshops from leading academics in rewilding and leading…See More
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London Drift at Meet at 11 Bedford Square, London for an afternoon's walking

March 15, 2018 from 1pm to 6pm
A creative walking workshop in Central London, exploring the sites of astonishing fossil discoveries: from extinct elephants and hippos in Trafalgar Square, to reindeer and bison in South Kensington. We will playfully uncover the vestiges of former Thames terrace deposits, laid down during successive cycles of warm and cold climate, which can still be detected beneath two millennia of urbanization, together with the stone tools of London’s Palaeolithic occupants, the last people to see these…See More
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Laura Bissell posted a blog post

Under the Surface of Knepp

Under the Surface of Knepp(This was written as a response to the Performing Wild Geographies event which took place at Knepp Estate on the 2-4th October 2017).An arch of ghostly manta raysEntrance to a wild placePetrified and stackedBleached brown coral reefSignalling death and endPalimpsestsof lasts Although the…See More
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London Drift at Meet at 11 Bedford Square, London for an afternoon's walking

March 15, 2018 from 1pm to 6pm
A creative walking workshop in Central London, exploring the sites of astonishing fossil discoveries: from extinct elephants and hippos in Trafalgar Square, to reindeer and bison in South Kensington. We will playfully uncover the vestiges of former Thames terrace deposits, laid down during successive cycles of warm and cold climate, which can still be detected beneath two millennia of urbanization, together with the stone tools of London’s Palaeolithic occupants, the last people to see these…See More
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"Hello all ! Thanks Helen for the great photos and thanks to David for posting. So beautiful to see everyone and bring back the delight of being with you all for those (two) days. --Karen"
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Reflections on our latest visit to Knepp

Posted by David Overend on October 29, 2018 at 15:30 0 Comments

On 14th– 17th September 2018, I returned to Knepp Castle Estate for a third time with Jamie Lorimer, along with three new visitors: Sofie Narbed, Jenny Swingler and Scott Twynholm. On previous trips we had scoped out, explored and experimented with this complicated site; learning to read, interpret and work with the wild processes and inhabitants of the Wildland Project (Overend and Lorimer 2018). This time, we planned to make something: to create a text that…

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The Six Wild Ways of the Oak

Posted by David Overend on October 8, 2018 at 14:30 0 Comments

An audio essay by Jamie Lorimer, Sofie Narbed, David Overend, Jenny Swingler and Scott Twynholm. Written at Knepp Wildland Project in West Sussex.

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Retreating: Thinking, Making, Being

Posted by Laura Bissell on January 25, 2018 at 9:00 0 Comments

Over the past few years I have undertaken numerous creative residential retreats. This prompted me to think about the benefits of these processes for artists, writers, thinkers and performance makers. All images are the author's own from the Performing Wild Geographies event at the Knepp Estate in October 2017.

Retreating: Thinking, Making, Being

The word retreat implicitly has the promise of a “treat” within it, referring to the…

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Performing Wild Geographies: An ethnographic report

Posted by Filipa F. Soares on January 15, 2018 at 17:02 0 Comments

The event:

 Performing Wild Geographies, a two-day creative workshop, took place at Knepp Castle Estate, West Sussex (2nd-4th October 2017). Focused on collaborative performance-making strategies between artists and academics from disparate disciplines, the event aimed to be a cross-disciplinary experiment around wild(er)ness and rewilding, drawing in particular on the Knepp’s Wildland Project case, in the southern block of the estate.

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Started by David Overend Jul 10. 0 Replies

Jamie Lorimer and I have published an article on our rewilding work at Knepp Castle Estate. 'Wild Performatives: Experiments in Rewilding at the Knepp Wildland Project' is available in…Continue

Book Chapter

Started by David Overend Jun 2, 2016. 0 Replies

A new book about Deep Mapping includes an article written by Laura Bissell and David Overend, ‘Regular Routes: Deep Mapping a Performative Counterpractice for the Daily Commute’. Download the PDF…Continue

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Started by David Overend Oct 27, 2015. 0 Replies

Two new Making Routes articles recently:Bissell, L. and Overend, D. (2015) Regular Routes: Deep Mapping a Performative Counterpractice…Continue

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Started by David Overend Dec 17, 2014. 0 Replies

Two new Making Routes articles published this month...…Continue

 
 
 

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