Looking North Information

"Looking North Through Art" is a series of online and in-person conversations. Currently on now, Part 3 of Looking North addresses our central themes through the lens of care, healing & regeneration. This is to acknowledge the interconnectedness of this planet’s ecosystem as well as the interdependence of all its inhabitants, including ourselves. Environmental, public and personal health are closely intertwined. Together with our speakers, we wish to explore ways in which healing, care and regeneration provide a framework of being with our surroundings and planetary co-inhabitants. By pursuing positivity rather than neutrality, as in net zero for example, we wish to present care, healing & regenerating practices as central to constituting a shared sense of agency, empathy, and engagement – all of which we believe to be crucial in a healthy society that shares this space peacefully with other beings. Conceptually, we believe wholeheartedly in the value of the potential that lies between disciplines, walks of life, and variety in perspectives. We hope to apply a holistic approach to this project by bringing together the worlds of visual art, literature, and natural sciences as well as ecological conservation. At the beginning of each session, a representative of a chosen non-profit organisation with a direct link to that week’s central theme shared their work and practical, local approaches to our sometimes very theoretical questions.