Wood Wide Web

The exhibition Wood Wide Web showcases works by artists Isabella Amram, Keisuke Azuma, Ben Große-Johannböcke and Natalia Janula.

The term Wood Wide Web was coined in the 1990s by Dr Suzanne Simard, and references the way trees and plants are connected, how they communicate, as well as help and heal one another via their roots underground. In a rather poetic simile, the work these artists create are also connected, as their ongoing thematics all deal with frequency and vibration that happen not only in nature as a way of communication in nature, but also in the societal and spiritual dimensions — with energies and phenomena we can and cannot see. The practices of the artists showcased are connected through a preoccupation with communication, translation and information storage. Whether through tapping into primordial forces and frequencies through embodied ritual (Isabella Amram), or contemplating the relationship between nature and man (Keisuke Azuma), looking into the concept of information storage, musical frequency and repetition (Ben Große- Johannböcke), and working with reciprocal ecosystems using various means (Natalia Janula), all four artists are tied together through a thread of communication and translation.

This exhibition highlights how as humans, we are connected through links and vibrations, perhaps invisible to the eye, but nevertheless perceivable and felt energetically. Let us not ignore what is not immediately perceivable and perhaps thus not easily understood, by opening our receptive selves and digging into methods of communication far greater than we can imagine.

The show is curated by Vittoria Beltrame and is held at Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, W2 5EU from the 25th of April till the 2nd of May - open daily from 12 to 7pm. Drinks reception on the 25th of April 6-8pm. A Tarot Card reading performance will be held by Isabella Amram during the opening - the artist will sit in the middle of a canvas placed on the floor and people can interact with her by having a one-card reading from which Isabella will then start her intuitive mark-making session, resulting in a collective drawing from the readings of all people participating.

All text by Vittoria Beltrame.