Uncivilised Arts
Still from 'Attempt at the Ocean - not-to-touch-the-ground' by Patrik Qvist (issue 7)
It may have begun as a collaboration between two writers, but Dark Mountain soon slipped beyond the bounds of the written word. Today, the visual and performing arts are strongly represented in the pages of our books, as well as at the events and gatherings that have taken place around this project.
The encounter with other art forms has taken us in surprising directions. There’s been a year-long Dark Mountain Workshop at Sweden’s national theatre a special issue in which all the artwork was painted on the skins of roadkill deer and collaborations with The Extraction Project. art.earth and the Wilderness Art Collective.
In this section, you’ll meet some of the artists we’ve collaborated with or featured in our books, and learn more about the stories behind their work.
All This
Mat Osmond
11th October, 2022
Mat Osmond reflects on 'The Magnitude of All Things;', Jennifer Abbott's searing and luminous film about of personal and planetary grief
The Art of Psychoecology
Warren Draper
1st June, 2022
First of our watery posts this month, Warren Draper follows the currents of his homeland river Don in Yorkshire, and contemplates the radical act of immersion With music and video.
Lövaman in Venice
Patrik Qvist
10th November, 2021
Artist and performer Boris Godot retells his experience as the leaf-clad entity: Lövaman, during a flooded 2019 Venice Biennale
Walking in the Void
Dougald Hine
1st April, 2021
At the climax of an exhibition inspired by the Dark Mountain manifesto, Dougald Hine wonders about the role of artistic ritual in facing the end of the world as we have known it.
The Picture Show at the End of the World – the recording!
Jonny Randall
26th November, 2020
Dark Mountain's first screening, showcasing some of the submissions we received in response to our call-out for uncivilised films.
Power of the Powerless
Jonathan Hopfner
18th November, 2020
What role does ritual and the sacred play in confronting ecological and social crises? Buddhist scholar, Jonathan Hopfner investigates the story behind the photographs of Mitsutoshi Hanaga
The Schoolgirl and the Drunkard
Mat Osmond
13th August, 2020
What is the right response to 'unstoppable' climate change? Artist and writer Mat Osmond on the death of capitalist realism, post-activism and not being able to answer the question.