Her-story

As a multidisciplinary artist and poet specialising in performance and place-responsive practice, my relationship with landscape has been transformative. In 2023, I set out on a 300 mile journey, walking from the English Lakes to the Scottish Highlands. While some warned it could be dangerous for a woman to sleep alone in the hills, for me one of the most dangerous places I have ever encountered was in the home. Having left a relationship that had threatened my life, I set out to reclaim my power by sleeping beneath the stars, swimming in mountain tarns and carrying all I needed to survive on my back. On this journey I discovered more than just my own resilience, I learnt to listen to the poetry woven into the wild landscape and the stories singing in the silent stones.

Since that transformative journey, I have developed a distinctive body of work exploring the intricate relationship between landscape and identity. Through various residencies, I have developed co-creative methods that centre our connection to the natural world creating poetry and performances that weave together the voices of both place and people. Alongside my practice I have also developed a series of immersive workshops inviting participants to discover their own narratives in relationship to landscape, guiding them to "story themselves" into nature while developing poetic expression and storytelling skills.