Tag Archives: Poetry

Weather, Whether Radar: the book

October 27, 2022 · by · in art, Art, Crinolines, criticism, Dark Ecology, documentation, eco-poetics, events, film, Interspecies Opera, Moth, music, performance, poetry, projects, publications

Written and published despite all the difficulties associated with Covid, the Institute collaborated with Ethical Midge to publish Redell Olsen’s remarkable book, Weather, Whether Radar: Plume of the Volants. This artist’s book offers glimpses of Olsen’s digital studio and portfolio of work as the winner of the DARE Art Prize, awarded by the University of […]

lichen sayings

June 26, 2015 · by · in art, Art, Crinolines, poetry, projects

An unprecedented surge in votes for lichens has persuaded some here at the Institute that it might be worth sharing a few of the many proverbs, aphorisms and otherwise abbreviated sayings that make up lichen folklore. Drew Milne, curator of the Institute’s lichen research section, is currently applying for grants like it’s going out of […]

Vote Lichen

June 9, 2015 · by · in Crinolines

Here at the Institute, the recent election saw Drew Milne campaigning for the politics of lichens. Taking some well earned time off from a hectic schedule, he attempted to put the wider perspective into a thoroughly provincial and depressing election. Here are a few of his election posters.

Lichen Gruel

March 12, 2015 · by · in Crinolines

Here at the Institute, we’ve been so busy, it’s been a while since we’ve posted anything. Here’s a glimpse of Drew Milne’s recent piece of work entitled ‘Lichen Gruel’, currently on show in Churchill College, Cambridge as part of the group show ‘Englightened Perspectives: an exhibition working through science and art’. The show is up […]

recent books from the institute

March 29, 2013 · by · in art, Art, documentation, poetry

Two recent books from members of the Institute have been published in the USA and are now available: Redell Olsen’s Punk Faun (Subpress, 2012), and Drew Milne’s equipollence (the song cave, 2012): Copies of Punk Faun, 115 pp., are available from SPD, Amazon, and Drew Milne’s website: http://drewmilne.tripod.com Copies of equipollence, chapbook published in a […]

Performance event: Scottish poetry jamboree

November 1, 2012 · by · in art, Crinolines, events, performance, poetry, readings

Alloa Poetry Jamboree. Curated by John Goodby. 2 – 4 November, and featuring Tom Leonard, Lila Matsumoto, Peter Manson, Drew Milne, Bill Herbert, Andrew Duncan, Jim Ferguson, Donny O’Rourke, Kathleen Jamie, Dorothy Alexander, nick-e melville, David Kinloch, Samantha Walton, Frank Kuppner, Gerry Loose and Jennifer Williams. Read all about it here: http://digitalpages.digitalissue.co.uk/?userpath=00000082/00019241/00079273/ or through here: […]