# Event Details - **Event Name**: Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making. - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am – Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm - **Event Description**: A one-day symposium exploring multilayering and density as creative and critical methods through neuroqueering, for artists and academics.About this EventRather than treating layering as a purely formal device, we approach multilayering as a way of organising knowledge and experience through juxtaposition, accumulation, and relation. We are interested in work where text, image, sound, affect, and material processes coexist without resolving into a single, unified meaning.The symposium is situated at the intersections of queerness, feminism, identity, folklore, forest sensoriums, neuroqueering, dark ecologies, and their artistic and cultural manifestations. It traces historical politics, relationality, resistance to societal expectations through corporeal, spiritual, and divergent communities.We are particularly interested in how queer, trans-feminist, crip, and neurodivergent approaches to perception and knowledge-making open up alternative ways of thinking, sensing, and creating. Across writing, performance, visual art, and research, we ask how meaning shifts when it is layered, partial, fragmented, or non-linear.This event is open both to those who would like to present work and to those who simply wish to attend. We have received a strong level of interest from people who do not wish to present but would like to attend and take part in the symposium.Themes include:Multilayering as method in art and researchQueer, feminist, and neurodivergent approaches to form and perceptionEcology, folklore, and supernatural or mythic structuresForests as figure, method, and sensoriumDarkness, opacity, and difficulty as productive conditionsNon-linear time, memory, and ecological entanglementExperimental, hybrid, and practice-based researchWe are especially interested in work that engages sensation, affect, embodiment, and alternative sensory or cognitive modes of knowing.The symposium includes keynote speakers, presenters, an exhibition, and a screening programme, alongside opportunities for discussion, exchange, and informal gathering.We particularly welcome contributions from neurodivergent, disabled, queer, and feminist practitioners and researchers, as well as those working in allied or supportive ways.Key InformationDates: 25 June 2026Location: Bonington Building, Nottingham Trent University (City Campus)Accessibility: Live captions will be provided. A vegan lunch will be available.Please note: Registration is for in-person attendance only. Please only sign up if you are intending to attend on the day. Thank you.Curation: Photography will be curated by Dr. Alex Jovčić-Sas (Bonington Gallery).Video works will be curated by Nam Huh, whose work focuses on experimental media, diasporic identity, and digital storytelling and Elinor Rowlands MA FRSA, convenor of this symposium.About the SymposiumThis symposium is grounded in practice-based and care-led research. In response to increasing precarity in academia, it seeks to create a space that is:supportive and accessibleinterdisciplinaryattentive to marginalised voices and methodsIt aims to bring academics, artists, and practitioners together for nourishment, exchange, and support.We particularly welcome contributions from neurodivergent, disabled, and queer practitioners and researchers, as well as those working in allied or supportive ways.Key InformationSymposium date: 25 June 2026Submission deadline: 9 June 2026(We can offer some flexibility up to 11 June 2026.)Access & ProvisionLive captions will be availableA vegan lunch will be provided (prepared by Syrian refugee cooks)Tentative Timetable9:20am – Registration and name tag collection; introductions (Nam Huh and Elinor Rowlands)10:00am – 1:30pm – Presentations1:30pm – 2:30pm – Lunch and photography exhibition2:30pm – 3:00pm – Curator talk (Dr Alex J.) followed by networking3:00pm – 4:00pm – Screening4:00pm – 5:00pm – Panel discussion with video authors; provocations and discussion5:00pm – 5:30pm – Networking drinks (tea and coffee). Those who wish to continue to the pub afterwards are very welcome.How to SubmitPlease send submissions and any questions to:? cpra.residency@gmail.comPaper proposals: abstract (max. 250 words) + bio (80 words)Photography: up to 3 images (attached or via link)Video: one link (1–10 minutes) – send to: le0ssness@gmail.comMore Informationhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/4411597/4411598 https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/692adf60-6beb-11f1-a9f5-090a8c317ded-rimg-w740-h740-dc131632-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nottingham/multilayering-as-method-forest-sensoriums-and-dark-ecologies-of-making/100001991410711044 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Exhibitions, Business, Photography, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 8 hours - Location: Bonington Gallery - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Nottingham - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Bonington Gallery - **lat**: 52.9586216 - **long**: -1.1536349 - **full address**: Bonington Gallery, Dryden Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making. - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/4684326955ed2c37f71f8418f4b13d6f8bdb438133e30169888f2303e4f6ce10-rimg-w640-h640-dc131732-gmir.jpg?v=1781261026 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making. being held? - **A:** Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making. takes place on Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am to Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm at Bonington Gallery, Dryden Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making.? - **A:** Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making. is organized by Elinor Rowlands. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Multilayering as Method: Forest Sensoriums and Dark Ecologies of Making. is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Nottingham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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