Name: Nature Calling
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A man in a padded jacket is handing a pair of headphones to a girl with long hair and a denim jacket. They are outside in the woods. Behind them other people are talking.

Rob St John - Forest of Bowland - Artist

Rob is an artist and writer based in Lancashire. His practice is focused on the blurring of nature and culture in contemporary landscapes. He works across sound, moving image, text and installation. His work has been shown and heard at Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Barbican, The British Museum and many others. Rob will be working with young people from around Burnley and its surrounding towns.

Artist Statement

Are You Lost? will be a series of film, sound and textile installations across Bowland which highlight the diverse voices and perspectives of the communities that live around the area. A festival series of temporary installations will be created across the National Landscape, both in accessible public spaces and in more remote, largely-unused spaces in 2025.

Rob St. John will be working with producers Lancaster Arts & Blaze Arts.

Art Project / Location / Producer

Are You Lost?

Rob St. John

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A family of three walk through a field with brown vegetation, a small hill with a field boundary - a wall, rises in the background.

Forest of Bowland National Landscape

The Forest of Bowland, is an area of gritstone fells, deep valleys and peat moorland, mostly in north-east Lancashire

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Lancaster Arts

Lancaster Arts is committed to exceptional art that connects people to places.