Growing the Language of Nature

Why is it that we prefer to look at our phones to see if it’s raining outside, rather than just looking out of the window?

Why is it that we, as a collective, are destroying the ecosystems we so desperately rely on for the sake of profit and short-term gains?

Why is it, that if we talk about these problems with our colleagues and friends, we are often met with disbelief or ridicule?

Many of us have lost our connection to nature. Which is odd, since we are nature. I believe it is this disconnect, our anthropocentric tendencies to abstract and place ourselves above nature that is at the root of most of our contemporary problems.

I don’t claim to know the answer. But I do know that many of the approaches we are taking already are not the answer. in that there is an answer out there. And I believe that that answer can only be found if we accept we need to re-learn humility to the awe of nature itself.

My contribution is to make art as well as the brushes to make this art ourselves; as a medium for connection and collaborative learning.

My goal is to make new mathematics, new languages and new interfaces so we can speak birds with our fingers, sing with birds in native birdsong and find meaning in growth together.

This is not something I can achieve on my own. Not by a long shot. So let’s do this together. Let’s speak birds from our fingers. Let’s study our houseplants like scientists.

We aim to find and make space for guests in these areas

• Scientists: Biologists, conservationists, environmentalists and weather sciences
• Mathematicians: complexity theorists, fractal geometries and linguistic computer scientists
• Artists: Generative artists, photographers and filmmakers and contemporary art
• Everyday people: Nature belongs to everyone. Whether you’re a farmer, a single mother or an investment banker.