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The Venice Agreement on Peatlands is a global grassroots community bringing together peatland custodians, scientists, artists, and Indigenous leaders across disciplines and geographies. Its Third International Workshop took place in Kisumu, Kenya (2–5 June 2026), bringing the community together in the papyrus wetlands of Nam Lolwe/Lake Victoria to exchange knowledge, strengthen connections, and explore locally rooted approaches to peatland conservation and care.
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A short artist-documentary filmed during a collective research residency with RE-PEAT at the Peatland Library in Greifswald, Germany. Through the voices and stories of individual members, the film explores the motivations behind the international youth collective and follows some of the ways they work together to share peatland knowledge and inspire action around these threatened landscapes.
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A site-specific installation made from locally harvested reed, exploring cycles of growth, decay, and renewal within wetland ecosystems. Using material from a paludiculture pilot farm in Fryslân, the work reflects on sustainable land use, ecological balance, and the interconnection between art and environmental care.
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A Wider Community Gathering & Exhibition at Braziers Park brought together artists selected from an open call with facilitators offering hands-on workshops and drop-in activities. Centred on the theme of soil, the four-day event invited creative exploration of our relationship with the land through art, dialogue, and shared experience.
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The first in the Peat Encounters series, this short film was commissioned by the IUCN UK Peatland Programme. Premiered in 2024, it follows the restoration of a wildfire-damaged peatland in the Peak District, highlighting Sphagnum moss’s crucial role in climate resilience and biodiversity.
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A two-day peatland-themed festival exploring the unique ecology of Oxford’s Lye Valley Nature Reserve through creative workshops led by local artists. Participants contributed to a collaborative tapestry over the weekend, weaving together art, ecology, and community as part of RE-PEAT’s international Peat Fest series celebrating all things peaty.
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A creative engagement workshop developed with RE-PEAT and Historic Environment Scotland for the 2024 IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference in Aviemore. Inspired by peatland-themed questions from primary school children, participants explored Insh Marshes through sensory, movement-based, and reflective exercises, deepening their connection to the bog and its many values.
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A performance and floor-based installation comprising raw sheep wool and water, exploring human–peatland relationships through movement and material. Using donated wool tested in peatland restoration, the work reflects on ecological repair, material cycles, and the transformation of living matter over time.
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A guided site visit and peatland-themed workshop with Year 5 students from Wood Farm Primary School at Oxford’s Lye Valley Nature Reserve, developed with RE-PEAT and Earthwatch’s Naturehood. The session concluded with a letter exchange linking the class with students in Ireland, fostering cross-border connection through shared peatland experiences.
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A series of microscopic images created as part of the Speaking Sphagnum project, revealing the intricate cellular structure of Sphagnum moss. Captured under white, infrared, and ultraviolet light, the images highlight the species’ role in water retention and peatland formation, offering both scientific insight and a new visual perspective.
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A slow-motion moving image work observing the sustained effort to keep Sphagnum moss saturated and alive. Part of the Wet series, it reflects on the moss’s poikilohydric nature – its water content mirroring its environment – and its vital role as a keystone species in peat formation and peatland ecology.
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A digital work combining film, thermography, and sound, developed during a three-month residency with Somerset Film. Filmed during the flowering stage of a fibre flax crop, Endling focuses on the insect life drawn to the plants, feeding and moving among their flowers. Through these encounters, the work reflects on the interdependence between cultivated plants and insect populations, and their vulnerability within increasingly industrialised agricultural landscapes.
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