After London / Wild Queer Land is an open access learning and collaboration programme in queer nature and queer ecology, curated by Daniel Baker-Wells with Jasmine Isa Qureshi, Connor Butler, Roy Vickery, LiLi K. Bright, P. Eldridge, Sheree Mack, Tom Moulsdale, Scarlett Fay, Hackney Herbal, Stephen Moss, Phoenix Yemi, Elida Silvey, Edward Luke Thrush, Golda Dahan and some incredible volunteers, freelancers, zine contributors and advisors.
After London (supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Heritage Lottery Fund) is an exploration of queer ecologies, natural heritage of wildernesses in Greater London. Wild Queer Land is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
With thanks to the invaluable support of Barnsley Civic, The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil Diversity Project, Creative Recovery, Trans Barnsley, South London Botanical Institute, Queer Croydon, London Wildlife Trust, Sutton House, Richard Jefferies Museum, Out of the Can, Peak Queer Adventures, Peak District National Park, and many others.
This webpage is a sketchpad / blog / pinboard of images from workshops, commissioned artworks and poetry, contributions to our zine, artwork and writing by participants, & recordings from our events.
Red Admiral, Jenna Powell
Moss Drawing, Kimberley Dixon
You Are Bugs, Emiliano Bianchic
Hart Wort by Elida Silvey; with BSL performance translation by Golda Dahan
Lichen Drawing, LiLi K.Bright
Bluet (Narrow-winged Damselfly), Jenna Powell
what if the fish cannot swim, by LiLi K. Bright; with BSL performance translation by Golda Dahan
An Introduction to Queering Ecology with Jasmine Isa Qureshi and Yeovil Diversity Project
Moss Drawing, Matilda Dunn
Grey Wagtail, Nancy Parsons
Queer Nature Walk with Connor Butler, Coate Water Country Park and Richard Jefferies Museum
Leaf print, S.Rumsby
Bumble Bee on Scabious, Nancy Parsons
Wild Foraging Workshop with Hackney Herbal
The world outside of me, Raf
Nature Walk with Pete Bush and Creative Recovery at Langsett Reservoir
Wild Animals, Keiron le Vine
Turkey Tails, Ezra Heath
Jenna Powell
Laurustinus Viburnum (top) & evening clouds by Alex Young
Birdwatching with Stephen Moss and Yeovil Diversity Project
Bug Stamp, Tasha Spoor
Lichen Mosaic, Ezra Heath
Broken Body Worms by Jasmine Isa Qureshi; with BSL performance translation by Golda Dahan
Moss, SF Tair
Joint-toothed moss & Lichen (Parmelia), Daniel Baker-Wells
After London, Richard Jefferies: RJ Museum
Mallow, dock & wild grasses
Queer Ecologies Zine
Wild Herbs & Tea-Making Workshop with Hackney Herbal at Sutton House
Queer Nature Walk with Connor Butler, Coate Water Country Park and Richard Jefferies Museum
photographs (seeds), Helen Kilbride
Golden Shield Lichen, Yasmyn Nettle
Violet, from a forthcoming queer nature zine by Edward Luke Thrush
Queer Ecologies Zine Launch and Poetry Readings at Sutton House
drawing, Mayve Wind
Narrow-winged Damselfly on Burnet Saxifrage, Jenna Powell
Jelly Ear, El & Jan: Nature Queerdos
Moss drawing, Stephanie Pau
Hawthorn Flower
Nature Held Me Close, by Til
Birdwatching, Hannah Bottomley
Pressed elderflower
Wild Herbs & Tea-Making Workshop with Hackney Herbal at Sutton House
from UNKRAUT, Kane Stonestreet
Moss Drawing, Manjinder Sidhu
Beetle drawing, Nancy Parsons
Salad Burnet Flower, Ezra Heath
Wild Foraging Workshop with Hackney Herbal
Wild Animals, Keiron le Vine
Queer Botanical Drawing with Edward Luke Thrush, at South London Botanical Institute
Moss & Lichen Drawing, Rachel Alfred
Wild Animals, Keiron le Vine