Sound Roots

Sound Roots 2.30 – 5.30. Sunday 22nd June. The Exchange, Twickenham, TW1 1BE Photo: Nick Ferguson. 2023. The River Crane About "It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds..." Charles Darwin. In:  Darwin, C., Padel, R., 2009. The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the Beagle, Reprint edition. ... Continue Reading

Date: March 5th, 2025 | Comments: Comments Off on Sound Roots

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Botanical Walk, Harmondsworth Moor, Saturday 14th September, 2024

Botanical Walk, Harmondsworth Moor, Saturday 14th September, 2024 Photo: Nick Ferguson. 2024. Harmondsworth Moor. About This walking tour, led by artist Nick Ferguson and ranger and naturalist Rebecca Harris, looked at the floor of Harmondsworth Moor. It was organised as part of London Open House and generously supported by Richmond, the American University, London. The ... Continue Reading

Date: August 9th, 2024 | Comments: Comments Off on Botanical Walk, Harmondsworth Moor, Saturday 14th September, 2024

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Biodiversity after the Global. Or Airport/Wilderness

Biodiversity After the Global. Or Airport/Wilderness This photo essay takes the reader to the lower Colne Valley where I camp the night in scrubland to the west  of Heathrow Airport. I am in search of Orchard Farm, a site of special scientific interest and one part of a conservation initiative Heathrow Biodiversity. Though I fail ... Continue Reading

Date: August 8th, 2024 | Comments: Comments Off on Biodiversity after the Global. Or Airport/Wilderness

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In Pursuit of Legacy.

In Pursuit of Legacy. Walking a straight line from India Gate towards the seat of government. February 23, 2025.   Edwin Lutyens. c. 1912. Plan of Imperial Delhi. In Pursuit of Legacy was a city walk staged by Delhi based arts collaboration First Draft and proposed by guest artist Nick Ferguson. Over the course of an … Continue Reading

Date: August 12th, 2024 | Comments: Comments Off on In Pursuit of Legacy.

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Being There? Adventures in Remote Aesthetics

Being There? Adventures in Remote Aesthetics About Being There? was a field broadcast workshop series by SNU Visiting Fellow, Dr Nicholas Ferguson, Department of Art, Media and Performance. January 17 – February 1, 2024. Following the workshops, in 2025, the project went on to form the basis of a further field broadcast collaboration between Nick ... Continue Reading

Date: August 16th, 2024 | Comments: Comments Off on Being There? Adventures in Remote Aesthetics

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Pandemic Landscapes. Observations from Heathrow Airport

Nick Ferguson. 2020-21 Pandemic Landscapes. Fieldnotes from Heathrow Airport Nick Ferguson. 2020-21 Pandemic Landscapes. Fieldnotes from Heathrow Airport Nick Ferguson. 2020-21 Pandemic Landscapes. Fieldnotes from Heathrow Airport Pandemic Landscapes. Observations from London Heathrow A much revised version of this work is now available in the journal Futures. For the interdisciplinary study of futures, anticipation and ... Continue Reading

Date: January 10th, 2022 | Comments: Comments Off on Pandemic Landscapes. Observations from Heathrow Airport

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Air Matters

AIR MATTERS. Learning from Heathrow (2017-2020). Archived Feb 27, 2020 The Green Man, Hatton Cross. 2017. Photograph: Nick Ferguson Politics of Air. 2019. Symposium at Watermans Arts. Left to Right: Georgina Voss, Paul Rekret, Anna Feigenbaum,, Steven Griggs. Photograph: Phil Harris Sasha Engelmann and Sophie Dyer. 2019.  Satellite Séance. Performance at the symposium Politics of ... Continue Reading

Date: October 14th, 2018 | Comments: Comments Off on Air Matters

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Capsule

Capsule. 2018-19 Heathrow final descent seen through aircraft webcam and displayed in cabin. 2019. Photograph: Nick Ferguson Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1560. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. Museum of Fine Arts, Belgium Clapham Stowaway efit. 2019. Metropolitan Police Overview Capsule is an art project that investigates the role of the aircraft landing gear compartment ... Continue Reading

Date: October 8th, 2018 | Comments: Comments Off on Capsule

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Site/Ad-Site

Site/Ad-Site. 2019. Exhibition: Deptford X 2018 and Art Night, Kings Cross 2019 Nick Ferguson and Adrian Lee. 2018. Site/Ad-Site. Addis Restaurant 40-42 Caledonian Rd, Islington, London N1 9DT Nick Ferguson and Adrian Lee. 2018. Site/Ad-Site. Art Night 2019. Florida Hotel. 23 Argyle Square, London WC1H 8LS. Nick Ferguson and Adrian Lee. 2018. Site/Ad-Site. Art Night 2019. Avonmore Hotel. ... Continue Reading

Date: September 10th, 2018 | Comments: Comments Off on Site/Ad-Site

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Dwelling as Resistance

Dwelling as Resistance. Heathrow Expansion and the Art of Dissent. 2019 Treehouses, Sipson, Heathrow. Photo: Nick Ferguson, 2017 Tents under glasshouse. Sipson, Heathrow. Photo: Nick Ferguson 2017 Caravan with lookout terrace, Sipson, Heathrow. Photo: Nick Ferguson, 2017 Waste-house with geodesic dome, Sipson, Heathrow. Photo: Nick Ferguson Lookout platform with box lashing; walk lines, Sipson, Heathrow. ... Continue Reading

Date: November 8th, 2017 | Comments: Comments Off on Dwelling as Resistance

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