“uscimmo a riveder le stelle”
(Inf.XXXIV, v. 139)

Fig. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Holkham Misc. 48, p. 54

Energising text+image intervention in common w/ § at #Streams2021 , co-performing earthy observations, fluvial agency, de-extractivism with Fig & #waterislifenonlife & more.
Thx Sam & thx KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory for having us!
Our commoning practice continues soon...

Happening this Saturday!

Join Dr JC Niala and special guests for an afternoon of talks on range of topics, including the history of allotments, gardening in the trenches, and growing practices during the pandemic. 🌱 @fig_oxford

Book - buff.ly/35zO2Jr

New transformations are afoot👀...We've been working to turn 95 Gloucester Green into a multi-use gallery and artistic space! The unit will make its debut on the 25 Sept 2-5pm where Fig will run a free drop in eco papier-mache workshop & a biodegradable art exhibition!

Join Dr JC Niala and guests for a talk discussing her project recreating a 1918 allotment in Oxford: exploring relations between the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 pandemics, World War One, and the role of outdoor space and allotments within the🌱 Fig

buff.ly/35zO2Jr

It's your last chance to view Elder Vernacular by elNorNor & Fig at the Upcycled Sounds
window gallery on 51 Between Towns Road OX4 3LR this weekend!

Join their final event w publication launch & ritual composting activity at NaturEscape in Florence Park 3-4pm 7th Nov!

*PORTAL: 1918 ALLOTMENT*
💥💥💥Dr JC Niala 💥💥💥
THE BOOK IS FOR OUT! 📚🔥
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…
THE SHOW IS OPEN! 🖼 👀
oldfirestation.org.uk/exhibitions/po…
LAUNCH & TALKS NEXT SAT! 🗣 🧠
oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/jc-ni…
🎉 🌱🎉🌱🎉🌱🎉🌱🎉🌱
Old Fire Station, Oxford
Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop
TORCH Oxford

This Sat 2-5pm 1918 Allotment event! w/ Dr JC Niala CLAIRE | RATINON Alex Mayhew & others
oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/jc-ni…
Book & exhibition launch >5-7pm after in the gallery.
Buy book online > blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…
Old Fire Station, Oxford Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop TORCH Oxford Makespace Oxford Fusion Arts

Equally nervous and excited about the launch tonight - thank you Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres Tamasha Pooja Ghai Deboa // Debo Adebayo Fig Natalya Martin @SProducer2022

Setting up for a #1918allotment visit with Fig Dr Yewande Okuleye PhD supported by TORCH Oxford #humanitiesculturalprogramme so happy that those coming will literally get to eat my PhD research :)

As part of Oxford's Great Big Green Week, Fig & Fusion Arts are hosting a compostable art workshop this Saturday 25th September at 95 Gloucester Green (one of our new spaces through the 'Meanwhile in Oxfordshire' programme)! Drop in any time between 2-5pm.

Two new blog posts up on the journal by Dr JC Niala fig.studio/journal 🌻🌸🌷🌼
And if you haven't already.. >> book tickets for publication launch & discussion event on Sat 19th March!! Old Fire Station, Oxford
oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/jc-ni… 🌱🌱🌱🌱
Supported by TORCH Oxford & Arts Council England, South East

Thank you to Flo's | The Place in the Park & Naturescape for hosting this display of locally sourced materials and compost pavilion with Fig . All artwork has now been ritually composted and returned to the allotment soil. 🍃🍂🌱

Have you seen elNorNor & Fig's Elder Vernacular window exhibition at 95 Gloucester Green yet ❓ There's still time this weekend to pop by & view this lovely display of natural inks, paints and sculpture materials all sourced from the East Oxford landscape 🌱

Mapping a walk to source of Boundary Brook for Fig project. Diagram of the aquifer inspired by Judy Webb

Tickets available now for Dr JC Niala's 1918 Allotment event on 19.03.2022 Old Fire Station, Oxford
Join CLAIRE | RATINON Alex Mayhew and others to explore relations between horticulture and allotments during COVID-19 and Spanish Flu pandemics.
Supported by TORCH Oxford
oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/jc-ni…

#GreenArtsCharter Launch 🌱

#Collaboration 2/3:

One example of this is our work with Fig. We recently supported Fig and elNorNor to host an open-to-all biodegradable & locally sourced art workshop & exhibition at two of our temporary spaces across Oxford.

🌱 Another amazing #GreenWeekOxon arts event: on Sat 25th Sept 2-5pm at 95 Gloucester Green join Fig & elNorNor for a drop-in biodegradable papier-mâché workshop and exhibition of biodegradable inks, paints and sculpture materials sourced from the East Oxford landscape🌱

1/2 Mental wellbeing & green space. Greenspace & Us has worked with teenage girls in East Oxford to find out what will improve their use of green spaces for health and wellbeing, in a way that is equitable & sustainable. #DPH175 Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Natural England Fig

Few tickets still available for Dr JC Niala 's event tmrw! oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/jc-ni…
Also live-streamed on TORCH Oxford 's Youtube channel 2-5pm youtube.com/watch?v=UQgYTb…
Speakers include: Alex Mayhew CLAIRE | RATINON
Spread the word! Old Fire Station, Oxford The Museum of English Rural Life Dr Ollie Douglas Fusion Arts