The MA Arts and Ecology work-in-progress exhibition unfolds as a site-responsive inquiry into ecological relations, shaped through material, spatial, and collective experimentation at Ground-Up Initiative (GUI)—a place that gently holds a community attuned to the more-than-human world.
From the quiet violence of algal blooms to the creeping entanglement of seaweed and plastic sheets, the subtle discomfort of urban encounters with nature and the tactile shaping of soil through collaborative play, each project on show attends to different measures of tension that are both environmental and emotional.
How can we continue building a shared understanding of the land and water we live with? Guided by an awareness of both fragility and mess, Quiet Unease pushes against the idea of a “pure” nature. It invites viewers into a space of ongoing negotiation and to consider how open-ended making might offer other ways of relating. Rather than offering clear answers, the exhibition makes room for relationships that feel uncertain and are still being unravelled.
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