04.11.2025

At the end of the summer, we were excited to be chosen by the incredible team of curators at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) to be lead artists on the Remember Nature project. The day of art activism to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Gustav Metzger’s original Remember Nature project was a collaboration between organisations across the U.K. (including Tate, Serpentine, FACT, Baltic & more). Actions included orchard planting, communal feasts, performances, films, workshops - all with the single goal of standing up for Nature and highlighting the climate catastrophe and species decline. 

As MIMA were close to completion on a new pavilion and garden we pitched a live stream of the garden wildlife (audio and video) that we would turn into improvised electroacoustic music and film in real-time. The garden is still in development (it takes time and effort to build trust with birds, insects and other garden creatures) so we used Sally’s garden instead. With surveillance trail cameras, contact mics, hydrophones and field recording kit we brought the sights and sounds of the garden into the pavilion for a day long, drop-in, improv session. Our aim was simply to illustrate the joy and wonder that we can all experience through close encounters with our non-human neighbours and co-inhabitants. And to encourage everyone to cultivate these relationships, invite nature into our lives by creating habitat and feeding stations, however small your space. 

Thanks to all who stopped by to listen, watch and chat. To programme director Helen Welford and community curator Claire Pounder, and everyone at MIMA for an amazing day. Thanks also to Judy Hume for the portrait.