Radical Rural at the Museum of Rural Life

14 Feb - 24 May 2026

I am thrilled to be a part of the new Radical Rural gallery trail at The Museum of English Rural Life, perhaps the closest thing we have to a museum of England.

The installation of artworks invites visitors to “follow in the footsteps of radical artists and activists whose work embodies the spirit of England’s rural landscapes, summon the ghosts of nature past, and question who really owns England....”

Explore displays ranging from the protest song of a folk musician, to the physical manifestation of a folktale; from radical mapping and campaign banners, to artefacts marking small acts of service. I’ll be sharing work around soil and policy making.

I am sharing a selection of work from my Soil Bathing project. The management of nature in England is often happening at an estranged distance - policy makers are quite literally making decisions remotely from behind the desk and not in the presence of the soily, airy, watery ecologies being managed, or each other. Further still, the ‘evidence’ required for action is more often located in statistics rather than embodied knowledge and hands-on investigation.

I exhibit a selection of everyday, domestic objects designed to tangibly and materially reconnect people working at the estranged distance of administration to soil - playfully muddying the managerial.

This work forms part of my PhD research: “Touch as Method for Critical Ecological Stewardship in England”.

Featured: soil teabag, turf coaster, mini version of one of my bathroom soil basins, “Nature FM” headphones, soil badge, clay phone case.

With gratitude to museum Curator Ollie Douglas for his continued support of my practice.