Marfa Dialogues: Art and Environmental Activism panel discussion, part of Cape Farewell’s Carbon13 exhibition at Ballroom Marfa, Texas. Photo: Lesley Brown.

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RESURGENCE & ECOLOGIST ARTICLE

Our director David Buckland reflects on the power of performance poetry and looks ahead to future projects on the... ›

WELCOME NEWS

CAPE FAREWELL RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE CULTURAL RECOVERY FUND We are thrilled and fortunate to announce that Cape... ›

MONDAY 31 AUGUST, 5PM

Punjab food delivers when it comes to veggie and vegan foods. ›

FREE AUGUST POETRY WORKSHOPS

Unearth the poetry on the tip of the tongue of the world. ›

THE CHALLENGERS

Liiv Torc's Siren Challengers ›

SIREN POETS

In gratuitude to Gaia. ›

WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

Sharpen your writing skills via Zoom. ›

THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER

Join us for an exclusive evening of newly commissioned work ›

SIREN POETS

Siren Poetry. ›

SIREN POETS

Life in Plastic ›

4 AUGUST 2020

Creative writing in an age of collapse ›

SIREN POETS MUSIC VIDEO

In gratuitude to Gaia. ›

Pollution Pods

25-29 October 2019

The Pollution Pods head to Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour this October ›

Pollution Pods

21–24 September 2019

World leaders are urged to experience the viscerally powerful artwork at the UN headquarters this Sept ›

Pollution Pods

2-13 December 2019

World leaders are urged to experience the viscerally powerful artwork at COP25 in Madrid this December.  ›

Pollution Pods

22–31 August 2019

The Pollution Pods headed to Australia last August for the White Night Festival and Melbourne Science Gallery’s... ›

Nevada Museum of Art

2020 - 2022

Artworks from the Cape Farewell archive to be exhibited at the Nevada Museum of Art: Centre for Art + Environment in... ›

17 June–1 July 2019

Don't miss Michael Pinsky's Pollution Pods this summer in Manchester and Dorset ›

Pollution Pods

April 2019

Michael Pinsky’s Pollution Pods installed at the annual TED conference in Vancouver ›

Pollution Pods

Autumn 2018

Headlining the UN WHO’s first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Climate Change, followed by the impressive... ›

Red Ice 3, Chris Wainwright, 2009

7 Sept 2018

David Buckland presents a lecture on the 18 years of Cape Farewell’s work with international artists who have... ›

David Buckland

2 July 2018

David Buckland gives a lunchtime presentation on contemporary artists’ response to environmental responsibility and... ›

7 - 11 May 2018

Context and Form - Art and Writing: a five-day intensive, part of art.earth’s compelling programme of short courses ›

Michael Pinsky’s Pollution Pods

9 - 24 April 2018

Michael Pinsky’s Pollution Pods recreate the pollution from London, Beijing, São Paulo, New Delhi and Tautra in Norway ›

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Carbon 14: Climate is Culture

Four months of cultural engagement with one of the most pressing issues of our time ›

HeHe - Cloud Crash

Recent Project

Lovelock 2016 - HeHe

Introducing the third of our Lovelock Art Commissions, artists HeHe ›

Jarvis Cocker

Feature

Jarvis Cocker

Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker joined Cape Farewell on the 2008 Disko Bay Expedition, a journey that was an exploration of... ›

Tania Kovats

Project

Lovelock Commission

Introducing Cape Farewell's Annual Lovelock Art Commission ›

Cape Farewell

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