Worm participated in a 4-day retreat organised by Julia Crabtree and William Evans, who brought together a wonderful group of artists, writers and researchers for a timely long weekend retreat at Wysing Arts Centre.

We received an insightful presentation from the artist duo about their long-term research themes and the development of their recent exhibitions 'Gullet' and 'Gulch'. Over the few days we floated around the fields and the Wysing farmhouse and each presented our own current research and shared knowledge relating to the generous themes of ecologies, kin, care and collective learning.

Tracts: plural noun of tract;

1. an area of land, typically a large one.
2. "large tracts of natural forest"
3. a major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibres, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure or region.
4. "the digestive tract"

The digestive tract, guts, and worms - who digest/process the landscape, as an entry point to participant's collective research.



(Photo: Jamie Sutcliffe)



(Photo: Rachel Pimm)



It was nourishing to have a collective learning experience outdoors and get to know everyone else, their practices and current research.

The other participants were Katrina Black, Jamie Bracken Lobb, Lilah Fowler, Karen Kramer, Alice Hattrick, Rachel Pimm and Jamie Sutcliffe.

Thanks again to Julia Crabtree, William Evans and Wysing's artists and programme curator Lotte Juul Petersen.






(Photos: Worm)