Uncanny Landscapes

An interview by Justin Hopper with writer and artist JR Carpenter.

We spoke about her project This Is a Picture of Wind - a digital exploration of wind and language, now in book form from Longbarrow Press; about weather, climate change and imperialism; about mapping invisible systems, and about Vahni Capildeo's poetic response to Picture of Wind.

Links:

JR Carpenter's This Is a Picture of Wind (digital version)

This is a Picture of Wind from Longbarrow Press

JR's website

(Host Justin Hopper has a website, too; twitter, even.)

Music by Chris Cannon

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly courtesy Ghost Box Records

Icons by Stefan Musgrove / Firebrand Creative

An interview by Justin Hopper with author and artist Angus Carlyle.

We spoke about his books of let’s-call-them-air-quotes-Nature-Writing that both reflect his lifelong love of the genre and some of the conflicts at its heart. About running through the downs at night. About nature writing and indices, and mental health, and hangovers, and about the dadaist bureaucracy through which he approaches the natural world.

There are a few technical glitches in these recordings. Please take these as they are - cracks, through which the light gets in.

Links:

Angus's website and his Twitter and, why not?, his Instagram

(Host Justin Hopper has a website, too)

Music by Teleplasmiste

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly courtesy Ghost Box Records

Icons by Stefan Musgrove / Firebrand Creative