Black Earth Podcast

Season 3: How art can transform our relationship with nature with Bryony Ella

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In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.


In today’s episode, we meet Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship with nature. 


In this episode, Bryony talks to us about her incredible artistic practice and how an emerging idea called embodied ecology can help us reconnect with nature and rediscover ourselves as nature.

Timestamps


00:00 - Introduction

02:03 - Bryony’s relationship with nature 

08:09 -  How Bryony’s relationship with nature shapes her practice as an artist

17:59 - Understanding embodied ecology 

26:10 - The importance of trusting your experiences as a guide for creating and learning

27:30 - How embodied ecology helps us think about the world differently

33:10 - Discussing Bryony’s art project honouring Wangari Maathai

44:05 - Discussing Bryony’s art project ‘The Colour of Transformation’

53:19 - Discussing Bryony’s latest project, Melting Metropolis, and an opportunity for you to get involved!

57:00 - More info on the PhD opportunity to work with Bryony Ella

01:00:00 - How to support Bryony

01:02:00 - How to support Black Earth Podcast

How to support and connect with Bryony Ella


  • Website: https://www.studiobryonyella.com/artist-statement


  • Substack: Embodied ecology - https://embodiedecology.substack.com/


  • Read or listen to Bryony’s chapter about her wild drawing practice in the book: Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You by Nick Hayes - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wild-service-9781526673299/


  • Apply for a PhD opportunity to research with Bryony, ‘Heat, Health and Human Geographies’ - deadline 28 June 2024 - https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/studentships/heat-health-and-human-geographies/


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