Setting the ball rolling on a sister project to my Queer River research with a new focus on Neuroqueer Ecologies.

Researching Neurodivergent people’s experiences of place/ecology through art and collaboration.

Please take a look and let me know your thoughts? Thank you 🙏🏼

#NeuroqueerEcologies #QueerRiver #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #ArtAndEcology #ArtAndPlace #BodyAndPlace #QueerEcology

@neurodivergence @actuallyautistic

https://queerriver.com/neuroqueer-ecologies-a-sister-project/

A little taster… and a bit of advanced notice. Getting excited about my solo exhibition ‘Drawing On Water’ this Summer at Pound Arts in Corsham, Wiltshire, UK.
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Artwork that has developed out of my Queer River research, including film, photographs, drawings and sculpture.
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Blog post with more info on the exhibition and associated events - link via my bio
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#DrawingOnWater2023
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#QueerRiver #ArtAndEcology #QueerArtist #ContemporaryArt

A bit of advanced notice - booking is now open for a Creative River Walk that I’m leading in August with Pound Arts in Corsham, Wiltshire, UK in connection with my Drawing On Water exhibition.

Booking details and full info via the link below…

#DrawingOnWater2023 #QueerRiver

https://poundarts.org.uk/take-part/creative-river-walk-with-artist-james-aldridge/

Hello people… a slightly delayed Happy New Year to you all!

I’ve been doing my tax return, isn’t that exciting ?! And, much more satisfying, adding some new drawings to my #QueerRiver blog, made with botanical inks from plants that grow along my local stretch of the River Avon here in Wiltshire.

#Rivers #BodyAndPlace #Drawing #BotanicalInk #QueerEcology

https://queerriver.com/2023/01/10/breathing-in-the-mist/

Hello people… a slightly delayed Happy New Year to you all!

I’ve been doing my tax return, isn’t that exciting ?! And, much more satisfying, adding some new drawings to my #QueerRiver blog, made with botanical inks from plants that grow along my local stretch of the River Avon here in Wiltshire.

#Rivers #BodyAndPlace #Drawing #BotanicalInk #QueerEcology

https://queerriver.com/2023/01/10/breathing-in-the-mist/

Drawings with botanical inks made using plants from near the River Avons (Salisbury and Bristol). Ongoing #QueerRiver research.

Thinking about big bodies snd the word ‘Quagmire’.

Plus two photos from my walk with the dog earlier, of watery ditches/river surface.

#Drawing #BotanicalInks #QueerArtist #ArtistsResearch #Wetlands

Drawings with botanical inks made using plants from near the River Avons (Salisbury and Bristol). Ongoing #QueerRiver research.

Thinking about big bodies snd the word ‘Quagmire’.

Plus two photos from my walk with the dog earlier, of watery ditches/river surface.

#Drawing #BotanicalInks #QueerArtist #ArtistsResearch #Wetlands

New post from my #QueerRiver site: ‘Walking with… Artist Gemma Gore’

Gemma & I visited #BlashfordLakes reserve yday & discussed #embodiment, #wetlands & practicing as #autistic artists.

Thanks #AstridaNeimanis for inspiration (link to talk in post).

#NeurodivergentArtist #ActuallyAutistic #ArtAndEcology #QueerArtist #Wetlands #BotanicalInks #RiverAvon #HampshireAvon #extractivism #Autism #AutisticArtist #ArtistsResearch

https://queerriver.com/2022/12/02/walking-with-artist-gemma-gore/

New post from my #QueerRiver site: ‘Walking with… Artist Gemma Gore’

Gemma & I visited #BlashfordLakes reserve yday & discussed #embodiment, #wetlands & practicing as #autistic artists.

Thanks #AstridaNeimanis for inspiration (link to talk in post).

#NeurodivergentArtist #ActuallyAutistic #ArtAndEcology #QueerArtist #Wetlands #BotanicalInks #RiverAvon #HampshireAvon #extractivism #Autism #AutisticArtist #ArtistsResearch

https://queerriver.com/2022/12/02/walking-with-artist-gemma-gore/

‘HIV/AIDS and the Earth Crisis’

Reposting on #WorldAIDSDay

#QueerRiver blog post

https://queerriver.com/2021/03/22/hiv-aids-and-the-earth-crisis/

‘HIV/AIDS and the Earth Crisis’

Reposting on #WorldAIDSDay

#QueerRiver blog post

https://queerriver.com/2021/03/22/hiv-aids-and-the-earth-crisis/

Hello, looking to follow more people interested in/working with #rivers #riverhealth #riverfutures and #riverrestoration on here… any recommendations?

Lots of ppl on the bird site but trying to spend more time on here!

My own river related research/artwork is currently focused on the #QueerRiver and #RippleEffectSalisbury projects:

https://queerriver.com/about-the-project/

https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/blue-health-wessex-archaeology-ripple-effect

Photo below is from my local stretch of the #SalisburyAvon in #Wiltshire UK

I’ve written a new blog post on my #QueerRiver site.

‘Taking a Spoon for a Walk’, reflects on the relationship between my Queer River research (Queer perspectives on wetlands and their future) and the #RippleEffectSalisbury project (rivers/art/archaeology and wellbeing) with #WessexArchaeology and #EnvironmentAgency 
queerriver.com/2022/11/24/taki...
The spoon became a #WalkingBundle in case you were wondering, as seen in the photo below…
#Rivers #Archaeology #ContemporaryArt #ArtAndEcology ##

I’ve written a new blog post on my #QueerRiver site.
‘Taking a Spoon for a Walk’, reflects on the relationship between my Queer River research (Queer perspectives on wetlands and their future) and the #RippleEffectSalisbury project (rivers/art/archaeology and wellbeing) with #WessexArchaeology and #EnvironmentAgency

https://queerriver.com/2022/11/24/taking-a-spoon-for-a-walk/

The spoon became a #WalkingBundle in case you were wondering, as you can see in the photo below….

A taste of this morning’s Ripple Effect (art, archaeology and wellbeing) project session, meeting Andy and Alex from Wessex Archaeology and exploring how living alongside the Salisbury Avon might have been in Palaeolithic times.
Rivers, ecology & prehistory - v much my cup of tea and very relevant to my #QueerRiver research too.
We got to handle beautiful artefacts too, including a flint axe head of up to 1/2 million years old!
#RippleEffectSalisbury #WessexArchaeology #ArtandWellbeing #Rivers

A bit of context on my header image, created as part of my #QueerRiver artist’s research and using botanical inks (not blood) that I’ve made from materials collected near the River Avon - here’s a post on the Queer River site, looking at drawing, ink making and tattoos:
#QueerEcology #Drawing #Tattoo #ArtistsResearch #QueerArtist #Rivers

https://queerriver.com/2022/09/25/drawing-on-water/

An #introduction… I’m James Aldridge, an artist based in the UK working with people and places to research the value of artful, situated and embodied ways of knowing self/world, with benefits for ecological/individual wellbeing.

Very interested in rivers, #bluehealth and #queerecology, with #QueerRiver research project shared via www.queerriver.com

Husband to my Husband, Dad to our son, cuddler and walker of River the #borderterrier