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Giving a gallery tour of the Radical Nature exhibition at The Barbican

Posted on September 17, 2009September 23, 2020 by Leonora Oppenheim

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Sustainable design consultant with Elio Studio and writer at TreeHugger.com, Leonora Oppenheim takes a closer look at the works on display.

Part of Radical Nature – Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009

Posted in Design, NewsTagged art, Barbican Centre, design, gallery, speaking

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Happy Valentine’s Day lovers. Isn’t it delight Happy Valentine’s Day lovers. Isn’t it delightful when a heart appears in front of our eyes. Though sometimes it takes a while to see it, as it did for me with this photo. I think my wisteria is trying to tell me something 😉 Let’s surprise someone today by sharing our loving hearts with them. ❤️🧡💛 #naturelovesyouback #wisteria #valentine
Are your signals being heard? “Here’s a little Are your signals being heard? “Here’s a little outsider information, and you can wait for it to be confirmed. A forest knows things. They wire themselves up underground. There are brains down there, ones our own brains aren’t shaped to see. Root plasticity, solving problems and making decisions. Fungal synapses. What else do you want to call it? Link enough trees together, and a forest grows aware.” Richard Powers, excerpt from The Overstory. #somerset #winter #shroud
Are we suffocating them? “Intensive farming had Are we suffocating them? “Intensive farming had been taking its toll, and not simply on the trees themselves but the very earth in which they stood. The soil of the park that, under permanent pasture five decades ago, would have been full of vegetal chatter as mycorrhizae fired off messages between trees like a chemical circuit board, was now, in all probability, as silent as the grave.” Isabella Tree, excerpt from Wilding. 🌳🌳🌳 #somerset #winter #shroud
Catching a synthetic connection. This afternoon’ Catching a synthetic connection. This afternoon’s adventure in the fields, wondering about ‘nature’ in highly managed farmland. Gonna write something soon about my city girl in the country naïveté. #somerset #winter #shroud
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