A short essay based on my experience as an editor at Dark Mountain.
Author: Dougald Hine
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When the Maps Run Out
A letter I sent to readers of Crossed Lines, three days after the election of Donald Trump
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Spelling it Out
An essay about the three languages you need to take a project from dreams to reality. Written for Jessie Brennan’s book, Re:development.
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Pockets: A Story for Alan Garner
My contribution to First Light, a collection of writing that celebrates the life and work of the novelist Alan Garner.
Talking about collapse writing, online and in fiction.
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Maps for the Journey
A report from a session with the artist Monique Besten, midway through the Dark Mountain Workshop project at Riksteatern.
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Expectations of Life & Death
What is different today is that living to grow old has become a reasonable expectation, something we can almost take for granted, rather than a matter of luck.
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The Dark Mountain Workshop (2015-16)
What does art do when the world is on fire? In the autumn of 2015, I brought together a group of fourteen artists from within and beyond the performing arts.…
A review of two books about the Anthropocene by Christian Schwägerl and Gaia Vince.
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The Predicament
What does art do when the world is on fire? This was the question that framed the Dark Mountain Workshop project.