TIMINGS
Doors: 13:30
Starts: 14:00
Tickets: £5
Plus £2 venue levy
Age: 14+, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
Presented by Dreamy Place
What happens when artists, scientists and environmental specialists work together? How can creative technology help us see the natural world differently – and understand the changes taking place within it?
As part of Dreamy Place 2026, Talking of Nature… brings together artists, ecologists and people working to connect communities with their local environments. Through talks and conversations, speakers will explore how artistic practice and scientific research can reveal hidden ecologies, open up new ways of experiencing nature and encourage us to think about our relationship with the natural world.
The programme connects local and international perspectives, from the work of The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere in Brighton and the Isle of Wight’s Biosphere Festival, to artistic collaborations that bring together filmmaking, environmental DNA research and ecological restoration.
Speakers include artist Anna Dumitriu, a leading pioneer of art-science collaborative practice on the international stage; Ed Santry from The Living Coast; Martha Henson, founder of the Isle of Wight Biosphere Festival; and Tsz Wai Pun and Coşkun Güçlü, whose collaborative work is shown in Bones of Our Land, which is presented as part of Dreamy Place at Gallery Lock In.
Together, they’ll consider the role art can play in helping us understand the natural world, connect with the places around us and imagine different ways of living alongside nature.