Seasons

SEASONS

Unlearning ecological autonomy through nature led thinking

Manifold live is a programme of activities to unlearn ecological autonomy through nature led thinking. Embedded in Multi Lab research and local knowledge Maniflold live nurtures understanding of our being part of local and global ecologies.

Created as part of artist Emma Smith’s social practice, Manifold live is programmed seasonally. Each season grows through the ecological entanglements of the connecting environmental elements of our locality; water, air, plant and habitat.

SPRING: WATER

Spring.

1. Move suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards > cause to rise from cover
2. Originate or appear from
3. The season after winter and before summer
4. A place where water wells up from

The WATER season brings together partners along the Navigable and Old River Lea to channel our inner rivers in support of nature agency.

Collaborators: UCL: Izzy Bishop, Jakleen Al-Dalal, Artemis Skarlatidou, Duncan Wilson, Jinyue Zhang, Simon Gosling, Leah Lovett Cody Dock: Bella Quirin House Mill: Beverley Charters Thames 21: James Hepworth Lee Valley Park: Cath Patrick River Lea Guardians: Gideon Corby Are You Mad: James Suckling Leeside: Beth Summers The River Lea

SUMMER: AIR

Summer.

1. A period of conscious development in a person’s life characterized by growth and joy
2. Time spent in a particular place
3. The season after spring and before autumn
4. When fledglings learn to fly

The AIR season follows the prevalent direction of the wind from UCL Multi Lab connecting communities who share an airborne pathway between the River Lea and the River Roding. This seasons’ activities shift scale to gain multi-species perspectives through the invisible worlds and airborne ecologies of Newnham and Redbridge.

Collaborators: UCL: Joanne Littlefair, Kate Jones, Elli Leadbeater, Lucy Van Dorp, Duncan Paterson, Raphaele Raupp, Reshma Tilwani UCL East Roof Garden UP Garden: Catherine McGill WREN: Peter and Mark London National Park City: Michael Shilling

AUTUMN: PLANT

Autumn.

1. Begins with harvest
2. Day length decreases and night length increases
3. The season after summer and before winter.
4. Post mitotic senescence: a change of colour

The PLANT season connects community gardens for people and pollinators to collectively develop ideas of nurture for multi-species community, seeding climate smart assemblages for the future.

Collaborators: UCL: Gail Taylor, Dean Bell, Dan Maynard, Ellie Leadbeater Eco ACTIVE: Gerry Tissier Robin Hood Gardens: Marnie Winston-Fletcher UP Garden: Catherine McGill

WINTER: HABITAT

Winter.

1. Wintering / overwintering / winterer (humans, plants or cattle)
2. Period of stratification necessary for germination
3. The season of the year after Autumn and before Spring
4. When transitional spaces critical for survival

The HABITAT season connects local and global communities and habitats, unfolding our entangled ecology through edge habitats as spaces of multi-species co-habitation.

Collaborators: UCL: Kate Jones, Rory Gibb Newham Culture