Image above: We have a couple of pairs of pigeons at Hollywood, living and cooing away quite happily amongst the conifers. They love the rowan berries from a few rowan trees we planted on the edge of Hollywood some years ago and have successfully spread rowan and beech seeds from further afield through the forest.…Read more Co-production of knowledge with non-humans from Hollywood
Upcoming ProSilva Ireland field day at Glengarrif, West Cork on Saturday 17 May 2014
A lot of how I understand Close-to-Nature continuous cover forestry is from attending ProSilva Ireland forest open days here in Ireland and abroad. I'm looking forward to this weekend's day in Glengarrif's forests in West Cork, led by Faith Wilson who helped do the ecological survey at Hollywood last summer and Austrian forester Georg Frank-…Read more Upcoming ProSilva Ireland field day at Glengarrif, West Cork on Saturday 17 May 2014
9 Stones Exhibition at ‘Borris Town House’ during Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas 13-15 June
I’m very much looking forward to showing a couple of my experimental filmworks along with fellow South Carlow 9 Stones Artists. Although this is our 5th group exhibition for the first time our group is showing in our closest village, Borris and coinciding with the 2014 Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas. Info below and please feel free to share.
9 Stones Artists Opening 13 June at 6pm – ALL WELCOME! (the night before the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas begins)
Uniting for our fifth group show, the 9 Stones Artists will present an exciting exhibition of recent and site-specific works in Borris Village for the duration of the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, as part of the 2014 Carlow Arts Festival.
A common thread to the 9 Stones Artists group is that we respond to the area and reflect new meanings and experiences of South Carlow to audiences; in the various media we choose, the themes we engage with or the practices and processes we undertake.
In creative ways, the 9 Stone Artists look to define and enrich understandings of the area; by examining its unique past, present and future aspirations; the geological, aesthetic, and ecological rhythms of the area and how these thread through…
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