I think it's coming together! Creating a community arts event answers the brief in a literal sense and also gives the BF an annual event to celebrate art, culture, food and community engagement. Everything looks so much better in the sunlight! For that reason alone, the summer is the ideal time for an event, perhaps tied in with the ending of the second permaculture course on Aug 17? It also opens up playing with the light and projections in the evening.

So, the worm seems to be the protagonist so far, and we could have fun playing with this character. I've noticed they have some cute names like lob worm! also looking at glow worms could be good for the evening, I'm thinking light installations in the woodland or lantern worm making workshops? The can is cool as a recycling reference too and could be interesting acoustically?

I think a tree house is a great way of involving the community in building something for the future. And the squirrel obstacle course is ace!

We should definitely link the inside with the outside  with sound, and maybe trees projected inside, and vice versa. I like the idea of making a bridge somehow. The river is great for boat building or floating our icon or objects further afield. Also, projections onto the water will look great, and maybe the bridge, or hanging banners or a piece of art down? I like the idea of a cocoon or web or some kind of habitat, or maybe even a giant nest? maybe we could make an inventory of all the animals, birds and insects there and give them all some function  or look at how they are connected and behave. I like the Adella Pollard's queen bee idea! I like the idea of animals prints, footprints, traces, the marks they make...

I am interested in how the process of decay and recycling is central to the BF. I would like to look more closely at the life cycle of an organism and its transformation. I really like fungi, visually, and want to look at it on a microscopic level and then maybe make large scale drawings or installations from projected images. Also slime mold, has potential, it can solve problems and create intricate networking systems, a bit like the BF.

There's loads of workshop potential, and  flax and food are great materials... 

I can't wait to get in there and start making! 

I remember Vinny saying he could collaborate also, may be worth talking to him, is his background graphic design? 

Here is the wonderful slime mold at work

Bjork's Biophillia - I'm not suggesting that Vinny makes work like this, but there is something about the sensory and spherical here that makes me think of the BF