Enchanted Charms from A Rhizomatic Wander with artists from Changeable Beast at The Old Parcels Office, Scarborough (2025)

Led by artist Elspeth Penfold, this unique walking performance was anchored by a pleached pear tree grown in Pickering. The tree served as both starting point and destination for a guided wander that incorporated indigenous Andean thinking, weaving, embodied storytelling, and poetry readings. The route was not predetermined, but rather a 'drift' inside the gallery. It was guided by eco poetic lunes. Lunes are a form of Haiku. The Champion Pear (lunes) for this performance were written by Dr. Jonathan Skinner during a collaborative walk with Elspeth in 2018. This Rhizomatic Wander in 2025 encouraged conversations based on both fact and speculation. Participants were given handmade ropes to record their experiences using knots called "quipus". At the end of the Rhizomatic wander these ropes were woven into the tree, their energy entwined as a fruiting body.

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