When Trees First Grew on Earth
Mark Martin
25th March, 2020
Reflecting on the entwining destinies of trees and human beings, Mark Martin delves into deep time and poetry for our Under the Canopy section
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The Price of Life
Dougald Hine
20th March, 2020
Dark Mountain co-founder Dougald Hine writes about our collective encounter with parental mortality, as the unfolding reality of the Coronavirus pandemic spreads across our lives
Outbreak
Charlotte Du Cann
18th March, 2020
As human societies find themselves gripped in the claws of an pandemic, we encounter a cultural crisis which Dark Mountain has been documenting for over a decade. Charlotte Du Cann explores a myth of regeneration that might make sense of our predicament.
When the Show Can’t Go On
The Dark Mountain Project
17th March, 2020
We regret to announce the postponement of our weekend at The Cube in Bristol on 17th-19th April and hope to reschedule later this year
Too Warm for Ice Cream
Siana Fitzjohn
14th March, 2020
Siana Fitzjohn writes in response to transgressions against the Muslim community on 15th March 2019 in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Dark Mountain: Issue 16 – REFUGE
The Autumn 2019 issue is a tenth anniversary collection celebrating a decade of uncivilised writing and art
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Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 16 – REFUGE
The Editors
17th October, 2019
Our anniversary edition, Dark Mountain: Issue 16 - REFUGE, is a celebration of ten years of uncivilised writing and art 'The search for a lexicon that not only explores the existential crisis we share, but also ... a deeper story about being human'.
Invasives
Akshay Ahuja
24th October, 2019
From Dark Mountain 16 - REFUGE: Akshay Ahuja grapples with honeysuckle and other 'monsters' in times of ecological fall. With forest painting by Kate Williamson
Poor Dumb Bastards
Eric Robertson
4th November, 2019
A visceral story of collapse by Eric Robertson, set in a feral pasture in Utah. With image by performance artist Robert Leaver from his series 'Man Down'.
Featured Section
Under the Canopy
'Our ancestors came from the canopy, and – given our species’ reliance on trees to make our world habitable – in many ways we never left it. Or it never left us.’ This ongoing section is an invitation for writers and artists to explore the effects that trees have on us.
Heartwood
2nd April, 2020
When Trees First Grew on Earth
25th March, 2020
Where the Trees Used to Be
3rd July, 2019
Dark Mountain: Issue 16 – REFUGE
The Autumn 2019 issue is a tenth anniversary collection celebrating a decade of uncivilised writing and art