Hero Image: Laura Harrington and Feral Practice, Tenderbog, video still, Malham, 2025

As part of the Action Site! Public Programme at Fondazione Marchesani, Venice.

Friday 13 November

14:45-15:15

Tenderbog (Laura Harrington and Feral Practice) and Sensing Peat in-conversation

Following the performance at 14:00, Tenderbog: Where Does it Hurt?, Laura Harrington and Feral Practice join Suza Husse (Sensing Peat at Michael Succow Foundation / Greifswald Mire Centre, and Venice Agreement) in conversation, expanding on their respective practices and research. Bringing together Tenderbog, an artistic research project from the WaterLANDS artist residency programme, exploring parallels between peatland restoration and human health care, and Sensing Peat, an art and research network protecting peatlands through transdisciplinary and community-based initiatives in and with different peatlands, they look at the resonances between them and what it means to research as artists.

Image 1: Laura Harrington and Feral Practice, Tenderbog, video still, Malham, 2025

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Al termine della performance Tenderbog: Where Does it Hurt?, Laura Harrington e Feral Practice converseranno con Suza Husse (Sensing Peat della Michael Succow Foundation / Greifswald Mire Centre e Venice Agreement) riguardo alle rispettive pratiche e ricerche. Accostando Tenderbog, un progetto di ricerca artistica che esplora i parallelismi tra il ripristino delle torbiere e la cura della salute umana, a Sensing Peat, una rete artistica e di ricerca che tutela le torbiere attraverso iniziative transdisciplinari basate sulla comunità, all’interno e in collaborazione con diversi tipi di torbiere, esamineranno le risonanze tra i due progetti e il significato della ricerca artistica.

Image 2: The Venice Agreement Venice, 2022. Photo: Nicolò Miana

Image 3: Tenderbog work in progress with Prof Lee Brown, Dr Cat Moody and Sarah Hunt in Malham, Yorkshire. Photo: Laura Harrington

Image 4: WETBEINGS Aukstumala, Institute for Multi-Species Singing, 2025. Photo: Kim Bode/Sensing Peat