Team

Sylvia Rimat | Lead Artist

Sylvia Rimat is a German and British artist/ performance maker, based in Bristol. Her work manifests in various formats, spanning audio installation and audio sculpture in public space, studio shows, one-on-one performance, site-specific work and a geo-located audio-walk as part of a tailor-made App.

Characterised by playful audience interaction and strong visual aesthetics, her work deals with processes of the human mind, drawing on scientific research, personal experiences and our imagination, to ask big questions. Recent work explores our connectivity with the natural world, as well as notions of care beyond the human species and climate action. The development of her work follows a collaborative approach, connecting with academics/ researchers and people from diverse communities.

Since 2008 Rimat has presented her work throughout Britain and internationally, at more than 60 venues and festivals, including British Council Showcase Edinburgh, Barbican London in SPILL Festival, Cambridge Junction and at venues in Europe (Spain, Germany, Poland and Denmark) & Australia (Sydney Festival, Proximity Festival, Perth). Sylvia is a Pervasive Media Studio resident, a member of artist collective Residence and part of #CultureDeclares.

Charli Clark | Lead Artist

Charli Clark is an artist working across disciplines, drawing on her skills and knowledge as gardener and beekeeper to develop work in relation to, for and with the natural world. Through planting installations and community engagement she seeks to form relationships and reconnect with more-than-human species, often working collaboratively, to explore the interconnectivity between humans and non-humans to increase reverence and understanding of the natural world. She works with a wide range of media including painting, film, performance, installation, socially engaged and living ‘biological’ art. Her recent work (de)bordering, in collaboration with artist Paul Hurley, Brigstow Institute and Bristol University Royal Fort Gardens, saw the creation of two planted structures with embedded QR code conversations, tackling questions of immigration, politics and the environment.

Born and based in Bristol, Clark trained as a gardener in 2017 after creating artwork for Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden, Helsinki and becoming fascinated by the world of plants. In 2015, Clark completed her Masters in Environmental Art from Aalto University of Art, Design and Architecture, specialising in Biological Art. She has produced work for a number of venues across the UK and internationally, including Arnolifini, Bowes Museum, Harp Art Lab (Sweden), and MUU Gallery (Finland), and has been involved in exhibitions, open studios, workshops and residences across Europe. She is a member of the Bioart Society and has been an Associate Artist with Melliferopolis – Bees in Urban Environments, MUU Gallery and Knowle West Media Centre. Clark is part of #CultureDeclares and is a member of artist co-op, Centrespace Studios.

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Production team

Lead Artists | Sylvia Rimat and Charli Clark

Wildflower and tree installation concept and design | Charli Clark

Audio work concept and design | Sylvia Rimat

Audio work sound design | Sam Halmarack

Dramaturgs | Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse

Marketing consultant | Jo Richardson

Website | Jo Hounsome Photography

Branding | Steph Sarlos

Access Consultant | Joe Strickland

The audio work was inspired by evolutionary biologist, Professor Lynn Margulis, mycologist and writer Dr. Merlin Sheldrake, plant biologist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Professor Robin Wall Kimmerer and biochemist, molecular biologist and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Sir Richard J. Roberts.

With special thanks to Jamie Burman, Tabitha Clayson, Rod Pooley and Vivienne Kennedy, Tom Sanders, Scott Matthews, Richard Eizens, Daron Campho and the Joinery Team, Ben Brown, Ken Wenban, Camille Robineau, Erika Poltz Faggiani, Free House Studios, Voodoo DesignWorks, Steve and Carol Clark, Joseph Cook, Harry Allbless Roberts, Joe Melville-Roberts and Christian Young.