Listening to Nature — a conversation with environmental journalist Anna Turns
Arts & Ecology
This week's podcast is a conversation between guest interviewer Dr. Mike Edwards, co-founder of environmental organisation Sound Matters, and scientist and journalist Anna Turns who is the Senior environment editor of Conservation UK. Anna writes: I specialise in crafting features and radio documentaries about sustainability, from climate change and renewable energy to marine issues, food and farming. My first book, Go Toxic Free: Easy and Sustainable Ways to Reduce Chemical Pollution, was published in 2022, and I enjoy presenting episodes of BBC Radio 4’s Costing the Earth...
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Finding the Point of Encounter: Chantal Bilodeau
Arts & Ecology
Chantal Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright and translator whose work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and the climate crisis. She is the founding artistic director of the Arts & Climate Initiative, where she has spearheaded initiatives for nearly two decades, getting theatre and educational communities, as well as audiences in the U.S. and abroad, to engage in climate conversation and climate action through programming that includes live events, talks, publications, workshops, artist convenings, and an award-winning distributed theatre festival. Playwriting...
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Going Deep with Nature: Eva Bakkeslett and Astrid Ardagh
Arts & Ecology
Show notes Mentioned in the episode The Book of Trespass By Nick Hayes https://astridardagh.com https://www.evabakkeslett.com www.thecoferenceofthebirds.net Biographies Eva Eva Bakkeslett is an artist, filmmaker, curator and gentle activist, exploring the potential for social change through gentle actions and subtle mind-shifts. Her socially engaged practice often combines film, participatory events and workshops; She frequently collaborates with other artist, activists, scientist and engaged people in her work. Eva creates spaces and experiences that challenge our thinking and unravel new...
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Dr. Rich Blundell & Rita Leduc. Collaborating with Nature
Arts & Ecology
Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. Each season we ask artists, authors, and curators one question. This season we ask, how can we tell better stories? This week's guests are ecologist Dr. Rich Blundell and artist Rita Leduc. Guest Bios: Rich My lived-experience is a deeply reciprocal relationship of continuity with nature. Over a this has provided access to an inexhaustible source of natural knowledge. But when the science I "know" is coupled to first-hand participation in the story of...
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Ben Goldsmith: Loss, Grief and the Wonder of Nature.
Arts & Ecology
Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. Each season we ask artists, authors, and curators one question. This season we ask, How can we tell better stories? In this episode, Natasha is in conversation with author, environmentalist, and financier Ben Goldsmith. Ben is a British environmentalist and financier. He is a leading light in the rewilding movement in Britain and Europe, as well as a pioneer of green investment. Ben and his wife, Jemima, are rewilding their farm in Somerset,...
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Sharon Blackie: Re-enchanting stories
Arts & Ecology
Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. Each season we ask artists, authors, and curators one question. This season we ask, How can we tell better stories? In this episode, Natasha speaks with author, mythologist, and pyschologist Sharon Blackie. Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk...
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Reimagining Culture: Art and Technology for an Ecological Age with James Bridle
Arts & Ecology
Arts and Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture plays in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask authors, artists, and curators one question: How can we tell better stories? James Bridle is a writer, artist and technologist. Their artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. Their writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wired, the Atlantic, the New Statesman, the Guardian, and the Financial Times. They are the author of 'New Dark Age' (2018) and 'Ways of Being'...
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Art and Activism: Acknowledging Complexity with Ackroyd & Harvey
Arts & Ecology
Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask artists, authors, anc curators one question: How can we tell better stories? Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey (b. 1959/1959 England) are internationally acclaimed for creating works that intersect art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology and history. Referencing memory and time, nature and culture, urban political ecologies, the climate emergency and degradation of the living planet, their time-based practice reveals an intrinsic bias towards...
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Katherine May: Listening to our Senses in Uncertain Times
Arts & Ecology
Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask authors, artists and curators one question, “How can we tell better stories?” Not just about the many crises we face but about the regenerative future so many of us are working hard to build. This week, we speak with author Katherine May. Katherine is an internationally bestselling author and podcaster living in Whitstable, UK. Her most recent book, became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her internationally...
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Season 2 Trailer
Arts & Ecology
Arts and Ecology is a podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask one question, “How can we tell better stories?” And not just about the many crises we face but about the regenerative future so many of us are working hard to build. Join your host, Natasha Rivett-Carnac, for these in-depth conversations with artists, curators, and authors across a range of subjects and discover how you might bring a fresh perspective on story telling into your own practice
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This season we ask authors, curators, and artists one question: What is the artists’ role during an ecological crisis?
In this episode, we interview Jay Griffiths. Jay is the award-winning author of six critically acclaimed books, including her latest book, Nemesis: My Friend. In this interview Jay and Natasha discuss her book Wild. Wild took seven years to research and write. It is an evocation of the songlines of the earth, the result of long journeys among indigenous cultures, including staying with Amazonian shamans and Inuit people, visiting sea gypsies and staying with the freedom fighters of West Papua. It explores the words and meanings which shape ideas of wildness, arguing that wildness is intrinsic to the health of the human spirit.
WHAT’S ON AT DARTINGTON
Dartington Summer School and Festival, 23/07/22
Over 60 concerts and events. One glorious summer of music.
In the Barn Cinema,
Elvis, 19/07/22 to 28/07/22
NT Live: Prima Facie, 21/07/2022 to 18/08/2022
Brian and Charles, 22/07/2022 to 03/08/2022
Lightyear, 23/07/2022 to 11/08/2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru, 30/07/22 to 10/08/22
Gongs in the Garden, 21/07/22 to 29/09/22
Throughout the summer, gong musician Roger Hall will be sending the atmospheric and ancient sound of gongs into our beautiful Gardens.
In the Gallery Land:Scapes, presented as part of Jason Singh’s year-long residency here, is a series of field recordings which explore the hidden sound worlds of the Dartington estate.
Family Garden Sessions, 28/07/22-02/08/2022
Join us in our beautiful community gardens for a series of family gardening and craft workshops this summer.
Family Song, Thu 28th Jul 2022
A sing-along for the whole family, with folksongs and harmonies from around the world. Led by Tara Franks. Ages 8+
Gavin Bryar and Friends, Thu 28th Jul 2022
An intimate evening revealing composer Gavin Bryars’ love for early music, with John Potter (tenor), Jacob Herringman (lute), Jane Chapman (harpsichord), and members of Stile Antico and Fretwork.
Tots Tunes, Fri 29th Jul 2022
Sing, dance and shake in this fun, interactive parent and baby class led by cellist Tara Franks. Ages 0-5
Monteverdi Vespers, Fri 29th Jul 2022
A sumptuous performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, with Summer School artists and participants directed by Andrew Griffiths. This promises to be a musical extravaganza in inimitable Dartington style!
Enseble Moliere, Sat 30th of July
Recently selected as BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Baroque Ensemble, Ensemble Moliere perform an enticing programme of 17th and 18th-century French music.
Saturday market
Come along to our weekly market showcasing the best in local food, crafts, music and more!
To find out about all these events go to the Dartington website
To learn more about the ecological crisis and the vital role art and culture plays in creating a regenerative future, subscribe to the podcast on Apple or Spotify