“Serpentina” will be included in the exhibition “The Mountains are Calling”, which runs from 3.3.23 - 17.3.23 at Bower Ashton Library, the University of West of England, and featuring a selection of 90 artists’ books, publications and small printed works by members of LAND2 and from the archives at the Centre for Print Research.

This exhibition accompanies a Bookarts at UWE / LAND2 symposium in Bristol discussing environmental themes including water quality, land degradation, pollution and damage to the landscape, interventions and ideas. It shares some of the outcomes from UWE’s HAS-ACE Connecting Research Project Grant Scheme – Slow Violence and River Abuse: The Hidden Effect of Land Use on Water Quality (led by Niamh Fahy and Gillian Clayton) – alongside curated presentations from national artists, geographers, writers, environmentalists and scientists. The creative practice-led research network LAND2, “land squared”, was started in 2002 as a national network of artist/lecturers and research students with an interest in landscape/place-oriented art practice. Its convenors are: Iain Biggs (independent), Mary Modeen (Dundee) and Judith Tucker (University of Leeds).

The artists’ books on display at Bower Ashton Library have been selected for their focus on the natural world and the environment in relation to the project’s themes. A pop-up handling exhibition of prints and artists’ books will temporarily leave the library for the public to handle at the UWE / LAND2 day event.