In this second of a special two-parter on the art and practice of Gabriella Hirst, an artist known for her elaborate moving image landscapes and public sculptures, we talk about the language of entanglement. In Gabriella’s contemporary visions of beauty, gardening practices centre around a rare species of garden rose, the rosa floribunda ‘Atom Bomb’, as a site of critique and care. This episode is anchored in her How To Make a Bomb and Battlefield projects that examine structural connections between horticulture, state power, and nuclear colonialism. Pulling back the veil on Britain’s historical and current nuclear armament through rare plant cultivars. Find out more about Gabriella's fascinating work in this episode here: https://www.gabriellahirst.com/ @gabriellahirst To get Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!

Known for her elaborate moving image landscapes and public sculptures, Gabriella Hirst draws connections between the politics of capture, plant taxonomies and untold histories of nuclear colonialism. She creates contemporary visions of beauty, where gardening practices centred around a rare species of garden rose, the rosa floribunda ‘Atom Bomb’ is a site of critique and care. Find out more about Gabriella's fascinating work in this episode here: https://www.gabriellahirst.com/ @gabriellahirst To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!  

Jas Brooks, a PhD researcher at the University of Chicago, joins to talk about burgeoning, multisensorial realms of innovation. We plunge nose-first into the exciting matter of our chemical senses to talk about past, present and future olfactory technologies and media. See how Jas is attending to what it means to sense and interact with our physical and virtual environments, to which they’re contributing so richly. The ideas they love to work with the most. Find out more about the fascinating research in this episode here: https://jasbrooks.net/ @jas_x_flowers To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!  

Karsten Binar has designed countless visual and spatial heartstoppers for high-profile clients such as European culture channel ARTE and Veejay for Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk. He joins the podcast to talk about his remarkable career and share his insights on the essence and core of compelling design communication. To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!

Twain Liu, a heartist, scientist, and trailblazer in human+machine intelligence, joins the podcast to discuss cutting-edge research in quantum computing, Daoism, and her own experience. She reframes the conversation on data classification for natural language understanding towards developing humane, naturally coherent AI systems. Find out more about Twain here and here. To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!

Why is medicalCBD so popular right now? So, what on earth exactly is CBD? How does CBD Aromatherapy impact wellness when it comes to anxiety and perimenopause? What is it used for? What benefits does it bring to the body and mind as plant-powered, integrative support? How to know which products use top-quality ingredients, and avoid the snake oil variants? On this podcast, I discuss the undiscussable; CBD + perimenopause. I dedicated this episode to the 90% of women experiencing perimenopause symptoms!! I explain how CBD will impact the future of women’s health, exploring some key issues in everyday life and wellness. I answer some burning questions that surround this booming cannabinoid. help women feel their best and balanced. I’m so excited to share the art + science of CBD Aromatherapy, a modern method reclaiming ancient wisdom from the turbulant histories stemming from the war on plants. This week, it’s all about CBD Aromatherapy 101 for women’s health.  Get your free CBD Aromatherapy guide here: To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!

Cross-disciplinary thinker and designer Philipp Schueller joins me to talk about two decades of creative practice. Spanning his professional collaboration as part of fashion duo Schueller De Waal to a recent departure from fashion into speculative future scapes and his aspirational realm of becoming a ‘fashion biologist’. Resources and links mentioned in this episode: @drphis https://www.janvaneyck.nl/participants/philipp-schueller To get weekly Sensuous Peripheries podcast episodes and exclusive content delivered directly to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast!

In this episode cultural producer, curator, artist, and designer Kim Chin discusses her prolific creative career, her curation work within the London art sector, and ongoing focus towards the care of slower, sustainable, and ethical ways of making. Resources and links mentioned in this episode: https://project.credit/ @project.credit Project Credit is currently led by Nick Hackworth and Mazzy-Mae Green alongside a wide network of external curators, academics and cultural workers dedicated to enhancing and furthering its aims. The Project originated in 2019 as a response to the inequalities and challenges faced by this segment of the sector, and as a collaboration between the art platform Modern Forms, and universities Central Saint Martins, UAL, and Kingston School of Art. Unboxing Community conversation https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf4xS34IINg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= ESEA Sisters Art Chats x Tate Late https://www.instagram.com/p/CeUT7FPIUGy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Find out more about Kim’s work here: https://www.kimchin.co.uk/ @_kim.chin @the__collective_self @esea.sisters The Global Majority Advisory Branch www.craftscouncil.org.uk/about/diversity-and-inclusion

In this episode, Ben Munday joins to talk about his methods and how to tune in to bodily intelligence for creativity. A body-oriented coach committed to raising up women in businesses, Ben shares why body-based approaches are so valuable when tackling bold transitions and deepening life fulfilment. Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.benjmunday.com/

The “Sensuous Peripheries” podcast is a new show hosted by Caroline McMillan. Caroline explores the senses and the patterns of nature through the artistic, scientific and esoteric lens. Every Tuesday.