Capturing The Forest
Kristina Veasey and Alejandro Ahmed
Information
Times:
Thu 25 to Sat 27: 11am to 7:15pm
Sun 28: 11am to 3:30pm
Entry slots every 45 minutes
Tickets: Free
Advance tickets available. A portion of tickets will be reserved for walk-ups on the day.
Running Time: We recommend between 15 and 45 minutes to explore the exhibition, but audiences are welcome to take their time.
All ages are welcome.
This event takes place in person in our Members Bar and New Committee Room.
Can the essence of the forest be captured and shared with those unable to access it?
Capturing the Forest is a powerful, multi-media immersive installation exploring access to nature for everyone who isn’t able to. Audiences will be treated to a magical unforgettable experience immersed in the essence of a forest landscape, merging sculpture, ceramics, sound, film and movement.
Artists Kristina Veasey (UK) and Alejandro Ahmed (Brazil) have created a groundbreaking international collaboration with producers Between Time and Panorama Festival, bringing together disabled and non-disabled communities across the UK and Brazil in a unique, inclusive process exploring connection to nature through digital, physical and sensory design. A programme of in-person and remote workshops, forest visits, and downloadable resources extend the forest’s presence for all of us who yearn for nature connection.
‘Forest-being and forest-feeling from near and far. An unforgettable experience’.
‘Fed my senses in a beautiful way, immersing in the sounds, the dappled light, the breeze, the beautiful, sensuous colours and rhythms. Loved connecting to a forest way across the world as well as re-seeing the forest that I find all around me.’
‘A beautiful return to nature.’
‘I’m grateful for the care, the beautiful detail, and the sensory wonderland you have created.’
*Feedback from previous audiences
Workshops
Join artist Kristina Veasey for a sensory exploration of the forest.
Create a wild clay ball and polish it until it shines like glass. Plant your own moss forest on a ceramic sculpture, explore the use of forest materials, and enjoy an informal chat about all things forest.
Workshops will take place on the following dates and times:-
- Thursday 25 Sep at 6pm
- Sunday 28 Sep at 12pm
Each workshop has space for up to 10 participants.
PART OF LIBERTY FESTIVAL 2025
Liberty Festival is the Mayor of London’s flagship disability arts festival, platforming some of the most exciting disabled creatives, showcasing bold, innovative work for free that excites, challenges and reframes disability for audiences across the capital and hosted in each London Borough of Culture.
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Biographies
Kristina Veasey
Kristina Veasey’s work is playful and provocative, using installation, film, crafts, and sculpture to explore the commonalities and differences in everyday experiences. As a disabled, neurodivergent woman and activist, intersectionality, identity, and social politics are strong components of her work, which is often influenced by the barriers she faces. Using art as a force for change, Veasey draws on her background as a Social Policy graduate, a Paralympian, and an equality and diversity consultant to create work which is accessible and amplifies unheard voices.
Recent work includes My Dirty Secret! (Southbank Centre, London), A Complete Basketcase (Focal Point Gallery, Southend), Meander (Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust), and a domestic installation commissioned by ITV Creates.
Alejandro Ahmed
Choreographer and dancer Alejandro Ahmed (born 1971) is the resident Choreographer and Artistic Director of ‘Grupo Cena 11 Cia. de Dança’ (Florianópolis, Brazil), as well as the Artistic Director of the São Paulo City Ballet. Ahmed’s work is inspired by the ‘do-it-yourself’ paradigm of the Punk movement and the search for a non-institutionalised type of dance that speaks of the world. The relationship between dance, science and technology lies at the heart of his work.
Grupo Cena 11 is a staple of modern Brazilian dance, recognised for its bold, hybrid dance style formed from video clips, comics, computers, androgyny, fashion, electronic music, polemics and the contrasts between new and old.
Credits
A collaboration between artists Kristina Veasey (UK) and Alejandro Ahmed (Brazil).
Capturing the Forest is an Unlimited / British Council International Partner Award, funded by Arts Council England.
Access
PRE EVENT INFORMATION
This event takes place in person across our Members Bar and New Committee Room. This space is on the first floor with step-free access to the space via a lift.
EVENT INFORMATION
There is BSL video projection integrated into the installation.
There will be an Audio Description Guide available, as well as a written version of the guide.
Video content will have Captions.
Content
- Light Haze
- Nature smells and use of diffusers
This is an installation. It is Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move through the exhibition at your own pace. If you need to leave at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.