A bold, tender exploration of how queerness and nature entwine – and what happens when we step beyond the binaries that fence us in.There is a Q in garden, but you can’t always see it.When Jenny Chamarette faced a devastating health crisis, they found themselves unmoored from the rules of gender, sexuality and productivity. In a small South London garden, Jenny began to imagine another way of living: porous, unruly, rooted in the lessons of soil and plant life. Gardens, like identities, are usually bounded – but what if those limits can be re-drawn?Blending memoir and cultural criticism, this book asks whether the categories we inherit – colonial, patriarchal, conventions of sexuality and gender – still serve us, or whether they confine us. From illness and recovery to queer love and ecological wonder, Q is for Garden invites readers to reimagine how we inhabit land, culture and each other.An eloquent work of nature writing and queer thought, Q is for Garden digs into the rich history of queer gardeners, botanists, artists and agriculturalists. It offers a hopeful vision of belonging, if we are curious enough to unearth it.

This open access book presents the first critical analysis of the work of Stephen Dwoskin, groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer.Stephen Dwoskin (1939-2012) was a groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer, most renowned for his key role in establishing the London Film Makers Co-Op and The Other Cinema, his book Film Is…(1975), and his experimental, feature length and documentary films. Though his films continue to be screened around the world, his work has - until now - remained chronically under-researched.Emerging from a major AHRC-funded University of Reading/LUX/BFI research project which explored the unique archive from Dwoskin's estate, this book is the first to critique, analyse and give new insights into this influential but under-studied figure. Inside, a range of established scholars, artists who worked with Dwoskin, emerging critics, curators, cultural historians and archivists highlight Dwoskin’s continued relevance to the fields of art history and fine art, film studies, archives and collections, graphic design, and disability studies.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Royal College of Art.

This open access book presents the first critical analysis of the work of Stephen Dwoskin, groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer.Stephen Dwoskin (1939-2012) was a groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer, most renowned for his key role in establishing the London Film Makers Co-Op and The Other Cinema, his book Film Is…(1975), and his experimental, feature length and documentary films. Though his films continue to be screened around the world, his work has - until now - remained chronically under-researched.Emerging from a major AHRC-funded University of Reading/LUX/BFI research project which explored the unique archive from Dwoskin's estate, this book is the first to critique, analyse and give new insights into this influential but under-studied figure. Inside, a range of established scholars, artists who worked with Dwoskin, emerging critics, curators, cultural historians and archivists highlight Dwoskin’s continued relevance to the fields of art history and fine art, film studies, archives and collections, graphic design, and disability studies.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Royal College of Art.

A bold, tender exploration of how queerness and nature entwine – and what happens when we step beyond the binaries that fence us in.There is a Q in garden, but you can’t always see it.When Jenny Chamarette faced a devastating health crisis, they found themselves unmoored from the rules of gender, sexuality and productivity. In a small South London garden, Jenny began to imagine another way of living: porous, unruly, rooted in the lessons of soil and plant life. Gardens, like identities, are usually bounded – but what if those limits can be re-drawn?Blending memoir and cultural criticism, this book asks whether the categories we inherit – colonial, patriarchal, conventions of sexuality and gender – still serve us, or whether they confine us. From illness and recovery to queer love and ecological wonder, Q is for Garden invites readers to reimagine how we inhabit land, culture and each other.An eloquent work of nature writing and queer thought, Q is for Garden digs into the rich history of queer gardeners, botanists, artists and agriculturalists. It offers a hopeful vision of belonging, if we are curious enough to unearth it.

This open access book presents the first critical analysis of the work of Stephen Dwoskin, groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer.Stephen Dwoskin (1939-2012) was a groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer, most renowned for his key role in establishing the London Film Makers Co-Op and The Other Cinema, his book Film Is…(1975), and his experimental, feature length and documentary films. Though his films continue to be screened around the world, his work has - until now - remained chronically under-researched.Emerging from a major AHRC-funded University of Reading/LUX/BFI research project which explored the unique archive from Dwoskin's estate, this book is the first to critique, analyse and give new insights into this influential but under-studied figure. Inside, a range of established scholars, artists who worked with Dwoskin, emerging critics, curators, cultural historians and archivists highlight Dwoskin’s continued relevance to the fields of art history and fine art, film studies, archives and collections, graphic design, and disability studies.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Royal College of Art.

This open access book presents the first critical analysis of the work of Stephen Dwoskin, groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer.Stephen Dwoskin (1939-2012) was a groundbreaking filmmaker, artist, graphic designer and writer, most renowned for his key role in establishing the London Film Makers Co-Op and The Other Cinema, his book Film Is…(1975), and his experimental, feature length and documentary films. Though his films continue to be screened around the world, his work has - until now - remained chronically under-researched.Emerging from a major AHRC-funded University of Reading/LUX/BFI research project which explored the unique archive from Dwoskin's estate, this book is the first to critique, analyse and give new insights into this influential but under-studied figure. Inside, a range of established scholars, artists who worked with Dwoskin, emerging critics, curators, cultural historians and archivists highlight Dwoskin’s continued relevance to the fields of art history and fine art, film studies, archives and collections, graphic design, and disability studies.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Royal College of Art.