Trail Mix[ED] - 16th December 2019 (Planning Matters)

Trail Mix by Bram Thomas Arnold (http://www.bramthomasarnold.com/). This show has been produced to document the Planning Matters public programme curated by artist Paul Chaney (http://www.paulchaney.co.uk/) to coincide with David Spero’s exhibition Settlements (www.kestlebarton.co.uk/arts-and-events/david-spero-settlements/) at Kestle Barton Gallery during summer 2019. Taking Spero’s photographs of the recently evicted Steward Wood community as a starting point, the programme explores a complexity of issues around low-impact development, land ownership, planning law, and sustainable urban planning in these times of housing crisis, societal collapse, mass extinction, and potential transformation. With guest speakers: Simon Fairlie of the Land is Ours Campaign, development expert Dr Mike Hannis, social historian Dr Tom Greeves, and contemporary artists Layla Curtis, London Fieldworks, Jonathan Hoskins, Ian Nesbitt and Marcy Saude.