BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML WPForms//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Feeds v3.14.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Cultural Reforesting Exhibition X-WR-CALDESC:Orleans House Gallery X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20240925T120000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20240925T120000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cultural Reforesting Exhibition DESCRIPTION:You are a tree\, and together we make a forest. You are a ce ll\, you are a bird\, you are the clouds\, you are the nutrients in the soil. You are the spiderwebs between the branches and the breeze between the leaves. We are the forest. \n\nCultural Reforesting asks the big q uestion: How can we renew our relationship with nature? In this exhibiti on\, the artists remind us that we not only have a relationship with nat ure but also that we are nature. We are human animals. Together\, with o ur more-than-human neighbours\, we are a growing\, singing\, howling for est. \n\nCultural Reforesting brings together a group of artists\, the pulsating environment of Orleans House Gallery’s woodland and gardens\ , and all who step (or fly\, or crawl or take root) into the gallery eco system. The exhibition\, with you\, will bring something to the air\, th e soil\, the ingenuity\, of our shared planet. You will feel the wind on your nose as you re-engage your human animal\, through all of your sens es and your soaring imagination. \n\nMany of the artworks in this exhib ition are a result of our Cultural Reforesting programme\, which has sup ported artists research projects since 2021. Each artist's research has its own focus\, touching on the complexity of the ecological crisis. The y consider how each of us might respond to the crisis\, as an imaginativ e collaborator in – and contributor to – all our ecosystems. \n\nAr tists in this exhibition include: \n\nAckroyd &\; Harvey \n\nMónic a Alcázar-Duarte  \n\nAma Josephine Budge \n\nFinn Chatwyn-Ros of Cre scendo \n\nBryony Ella \n\nAbigail Hunt \n\nAdam Kammerling and Jess Ihejetoh\n\nKinship Workshop \n\nAndrew Merritt of Something &\; Son  \n\nEloise Moody and Vicky Long \n\nIvan Morison \n\nHarun Morrison and Kim Coleman \n\nNestor Pestana \n\n \;\n\nThank you to our Cul tural Reforesting exhibition partners: \n\nBeing Human Festival \n\nHe nry Moore Foundation \n\nRichmond Arts and Ideas Festival  \n\nRoyal Holloway\, University of London \n\nSainsbury Centre \n\nSt Mary’s U niversity\, Twickenham \n\n \;\n\nAbout the Cultural Reforesting pr ogramme: \n\nCultural Reforesting is an artist-led research programme i nitiated by Richmond Arts Service\, responding to the ecological crisis. We support artists to explore local solutions to this crisis\, and feel that the local biosphere and Orleans House Gallery\, with its vibrant w oodland\, gardens and creative ecosystem\, can be a place where all come to collaborate\, find a community and make a difference\, no matter how personal or small.   \n\n \;\n\nNotes on terminology in the exhi bition: \n\nEcological crisis: A lost relationship to our local and glo bal ecosystems is at the centre of the current crisis. Choices we make i n London\, and have historically made\, reverberate around the ecosystem s globally. All the cascading issues stem from losing our understanding that we are human animals and part of nature. These issues include clima te\, biodiversity\, pollution\, mental health\, environmental justice\, and more. \n\nEco-centrism: A belief that the natural world has value a nd inherent rights\, independent of its usefulness to humans. Eco-centri cism is a core value of Cultural Reforesting. We acknowledge that the wo rk of eco-centricism is never complete – we always strive to be more e co-centric and to work within a more eco-centric framework and philosoph y.  \n\nMore-than-human species: An eco-centric term referring to livi ng beings – such as plants\, animals\, fungi\, etc. – who are not hu man. The term emphasises that we share our planet with many species and helps us consider their lives\, rights and experiences. \n\nGallery eco system: Orleans House Gallery and its surrounding grounds – the woodla nd\, grassland\, courtyard and everything in it\, including insects\, tr ees\, human visitors\, artworks\, birds\, gallery staff and more.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nAbout the artwork pictured above:\n\nArtist Mónica Alcázar-Dua rte says\, “Looking back at my practice\, I see two concepts that I ha ve embraced throughout. Firstly\, I have always been passionate about ta king my work ‘off the wall’\, of finding alternative ways of present ing images. This has led to my presenting work in sculptural installatio n\, in performance\, and connected with new technologies such as augment ed reality. The second\, and more defining concept that I always embrace \, is the pulling together of multiple subjects within each piece of wor k. I then like to shape the interaction of these themes to provoke a set of complex\, nuanced and implied connections between them.   \n\nI no w recognise that this interest in the reconciliation of diverse topics c omes from my own attempts as an artist to navigate the contradictions of my existence as a Mexi/European\, a Mestiza of Indigenous descent\, and as one who embraces decolonisation but who also participates in colonia l systems. This navigation of two disparate worlds within me has led to me thinking of myself as a ‘Nepantlista’. Nepantla is a notion used originally by the Aztecs to express the conflict and negotiation they ha d to go through from the beginning of colonial times.” URL;VALUE=URI:https://orleanshousegallery.org/events/cultural-reforestin g-exhibition/ UID:urn:uuid:a3e47667-2ae1-4991-8e6f-d571cbc7e2b9 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260924T165846Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250831 LOCATION:Orleans House Gallery END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR