‘When the stories have all been told
and the fortnights drag on,
don’t you grow tired of hearing
the digging of that great machine?’

— Paul Feather (Issue 20 -ABYSS)

The Berkeley Pit by Jon Jost

Dark Mountain

Beyond Omega
by Brian George 29.12.21
Garden of Virtues
by Sylvie Decaux 20.12.21
Kinship with Beasts
by The Dark Mountain Project 17.12.21

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Trinity

Nick Hunt
15th December, 2021
Latest in our series on art and activism is set around a modern peace camp and ancient hermitage in Scotland’s Rosneath peninsula, home of the UK’s Trident nuclear submarines. Images from 'Trinity', a new book by Oliver Raymond Barker, with text by Nick Hunt.
Of Earth and EmpireUncivilised Arts

The Migration of Memory

Rohini Walker
17th November, 2021
Rohini Walker interprets the myth and meaning of 'the crone' – through a retelling of three encounters that take us from Kolkata's suburbs, down into the London Underground and out into California's starry desert night.
Myths & Stories

Dark Mountain: Issue 20 – ABYSS

Our Autumn 2021 journal is a special all-colour collection of art and writing that delves into the legacy of extractivism  
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Featured Mountaineer

Too Warm for Ice Cream

14th March, 2020

The Alien and the Magic Rabbit

29th January, 2020

Never Too Cold for Ice Cream

21st February, 2019

Toutouwai the Curious

24th June, 2018
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Siana Fitzjohn

lives on the Canterbury plains in Greendale, Aotearoa, New Zealand and is an organiser, spokesperson and climber in her local Extinction Rebellion group. Siana has written articles for Dark Mountain’s online publication and books. Some explore deeply personal material, while others use dark humour to look at our shared experiences of death and community tragedy. Her latest story is featured in Dark Mountain Issue 20 - ABYSS.

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. From acorn and chestnut gathering in Europe to forest fires in California and Australia.

The Forest and the Map

By Neale Inglenook
22nd September, 2021

The Forest Spirits

By Shrishtee Bajpai
28th July, 2021

Life Among the Branches

By Warren Draper
6th January, 2021
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Dark Mountain: Issue 20 – ABYSS

Our Autumn 2021 journal is a special all-colour collection of art and writing that delves into the legacy of extractivism

 

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