Programme

Various Artists

Ash Walks

Hannah Lees, Ash Walk, 2018. Photo: Rosie Lonsdale

Hannah Lees, Ash Walk, 2018. Photo: Rosie Lonsdale

Walking Reading Group, Ash Walk, 2018. Photo: Rosie Lonsdale

Walking Reading Group, Ash Walk, 2018. Photo: Rosie Lonsdale

Marcus Coates and Fiona MacDonald : Feral Practice, Ash Walk, 2018. Photo: Matthew de Pulford

Marcus Coates and Fiona MacDonald : Feral Practice, Ash Walk, 2018. Photo: Matthew de Pulford

Adam Chodzko, Ash Walks, 2018. Photo: Rosie Lonsdale

Adam Chodzko, Ash Walks, 2018. Photo: Rosie Lonsdale

The ash tree is the most common tree in the Kent Downs but in 2012, ash dieback (caused by the fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) was discovered in the U.K. and the disease has rapidly spread. Ash dieback is untreatable and could see the demise of up to 98% of these trees over the next decade.

The Ash Project is a cultural response to ash dieback, asking how we might mark and celebrate ash trees. In 2018, The Ash Project is working in partnership with Whitstable Biennale to present a series of artists’ walks. Curator Rose Thompson has devised four walks in collaboration with artists, encouraging different ways of looking at and exploring the landscape in Kent.

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