November 25th - Late at Tate St Ives 'FIELDCLUB and Friends'
This event was realised within the framework of Late at Tate, an experimental programme taking place at Tate St Ives on the last Friday of each month. ‘FIELDCLUB & Friends’ featured a series of projects that occuped different spaces across the gallery.
The evening included an introduction to FIELDCLUB’s practice and premiered the FieldMachine 1.0 (Interactive Meaty Master: Self-Sufficiency Calculator Table) and showcased 24hr FIELDCLUB Wildlife Museum, an ongoing collection of archaeological artefacts found during farming activities at FIELDCLUB.
The event also featured themed contributions by other artists. These included a live psycho-acoustic performance by Nigel Ayers accompanying his latest work, Compost, and screenings of recent films by Adi Gelbart, James Kelly, and Pil and Galia Kollectiv.
In addition, musical collective The Busk Stop Crew played a lively session of traditional tunes at a barn party in the Café - complete with strawbales and bunting.
Images: Tate visitors using the FieldMachine 1.0 to hypothetically reterritorialise St Ives.
October 16th - 'Being Here Now Tour'
Kenna Hernly led a guided tour of the Lizard in Cornwall, linking geological contingency with folk culture and historical land use, accompanied by Steve Patterson (folklorist) and Dr Robin Shail (senior lecturer in Geology - Camborne School of Mines). This tour was conducted as part of The Cornwall Workshop.
Image: Steve Patterson giving the final address of the tour while standing on a section of exposed mantle - an example of the Lizard's subductive refusal.
October 15th - Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon
Paul Chaney presented 'Some Aspects of Neo-agrosophy' at the Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon .
July 27th to 29th - Seminarium 1: Numbering the Field
With Dr Matthew Watkins, Nick Swallow, Robin Mackay, Hollie Rochfort, Kenna Hernly and Paul Chaney.
Number, and consequently math, has often been appropriated for the furtherance of expansionist human endeavours. Math has stood accused of being the bedfellow of rampant capitalism, from the invention of double entry book-keeping in 13th Century Italy, to the convoluted fiscal methodologies of contemporary venture capitalists. But, in themselves, do math and number have an expansionist agenda? Can math and number be equally put to work in the exploration of a post-industrial de-coupling from globalised capital?
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July 3rd - Public Talk at Outset HQ
To coincide with the official launch of Collapse VII, FIELDCLUB will present an overview of the FIELDCLUB project at Outset HQ, 33 - 34 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NN.
July 3rd - Published Paper
Whey to go: On The Hominid Appropriation of the Pig Function
Published in COLLAPSE - Journal of Philosophical Research and Development Vol VII - Culinary Materialism.
2010 - May 21st - Public Talk for The Falmouth Convention
FIELDCLUB will present some agrosophical aspects of 'Kernovian Syndrome' and Hydroplutonics to participants of a field trip hosted by Urbanomic as part of The Falmouth Convention.
January - Published Paper
'Slug'o'metrics: How many Slugs Maketh the Man?' and 'Bound Excess Diagram' published in: COLLAPSE - Journal of Philosophical Research and Development, Vol.VI Geo/philosophy, published by Urbanomic, 2010.