
art



What Use is Art?
Mat Osmond
27th July, 2022
In the light of recent climate protests, Mat Osmond considers what it entails to hold ourselves accountable to a generation facing catastrophe.

Picnic with Sheep
Leonie van der Plas
5th January, 2022
First in our archive month: Picnic with Sheep, an 'in the field' art project by Leonie van der Plas, chosen by Ava Osbiston, from spring 2016.


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.

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.

The Picture Show at the End of the World
Jonny Randall
4th December, 2019
A call out for uncivilised (short) films for our upcoming event in Bristol next spring, Dark Mountain at The Cube

Poor Dumb Bastards
Eric Robertson
4th November, 2019
A visceral story of collapse by Eric Robertson, set in a feral pasture in Utah.,from Issue 16 - REFUGE. With image by performance artist Robert Leaver from his series 'Man Down'.

The Distance Between Us
James Aldridge
13th June, 2019
The artist James Aldridge describes how his practice seeks to forge a dialogue with the more-than-human world. Third post in our Becoming Human series.
