By The Dead Tree is an experimental exhibition set in Abbey Wood, London. This exhibition will bring artists together to explore our relationship with nature. The exhibition will take place for one evening only on the 30th August. All artworks will be considered, but bear in mind the practicalities of the work you are submitting as it will be displayed in the woods.

By The Dead Tree is an experimental exhibition set in Abbey Wood, London. This exhibition will bring artists together to contribute to the conversation around nature and human intervention. Abbey Wood has a few nature reserves dissected by the many roads cutting through them.

The exhibition will take place for one evening only on the 30th August. The area will be on  the outskirts of the woodland right next to the road where the ecosystem is already disturbed by the traffic. All artworks will be considered, but bare in mind the practicalities of the work you are submitting as it will be displayed in the woods.

By The Dead Tree explores our relationship to nature within the setting of the scattered woodland areas around abbey wood due to the intersecting roads cutting through them. These small fragments of the natural world are cast into the hectic urban life we are so familiar with. However, as the day turns to night, the nocturnal animals, namely foxes, reclaim the land. Roaming the streets, scavenging for food, fighting, and knocking bins over, its as if the natural world fights back against the city each night and it is quite interesting.

Relating to this open call may be achieved through exploring themes of: invasion, borders, nature, belonging, destruction, city life, egocentrism, colonialism, industrialisation, meditation, sustainability and many more, as previously stated it is a very broad open call.

Another aspect of this curatorial project is the innovation around art spaces - how do we open more opportunities and facilities for artists curators and other creatives? Through rethinking the use of everday spaces, expressing oneself within the art world may be possible without the need for bourgeoisie institutions and the white cube. The modern artist may be diverted and pulled towards the expensive payments of open call entry fees, student loans, overpriced artist residencies and galleries taking large commisions from art works, but negating the rigid frameworks of current, established aristic practice inevitably leads to innovation and an increase in art.