Extending Ecology at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Extending Ecology is an an ongoing, collaborative Oika Project between Rich Blundell (ecologist), Rita Leduc (artist), and Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (ecosystem). Since 2021, the Oika-certified team has embarked upon a shared experience of sustained, relational engagement with scientific knowledge and creative being with the forest (New Hampshire, USA). By taking co-creative risks with the intelligence they find there, nature's deep, healing, ecological dynamics transfer from the forest, through the human team members and into culture. The visual art, writing, conversation, and community that continues to follow is guided by the wisdom of nature and offered into culture as a response and remedy for our current, crisis-laden times. 

Public Offerings: "Extensions" of the project thus far include exhibitions, talks, and workshops at universities, museums, and conferences, multiple publications including articles, a catalog, and a book, local tv and news media, podcasts, and collaborations with additional creatives. A percentage of all project-related proceeds (via artwork and publication sales and other bookings) support Hubbard Brook research and public communication efforts.