This workshop was presented in Pachuca, Mexico at Simbiosis, Encounters of Interdisciplinary Art, the result of a collaboration with biologist Dr. Raúl Ortiz-Pulido (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo). Entitled ‘Landscapes and Social exchange’ we focused on a research project that examined the white-eared hummingbird, its seven mutualistic plant species and a climate change event.
Through site visits, visual and social research methods, the 2‑day workshop encouraged a group of Mexican English language students and attending artists and designers to develop a full scale project, using video and social media to encourage the establishment of urban hummingbird habitat development and ongoing collaboration between two universities.
As instigator of the workshop, I enabled a local network to develop with creative, social and environmental outcomes that have resulted in ongoing collaborations between two Mexican Universities.