SOFT RADICLE  (2022- 2025)

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Soft Radicle is an artistic research collaboration between Niki Colclough (Manchester, UK) and Perla Ramos (CDMX, Mexico).

To be soft is to be fluid, vulnerable and open to the feelings / situations of others, a radicle is the first stage of germinating seed. Together Soft Radicle is a collaborative approach to art making that allows space for dialogue and exchange that is safe, warm and promoting of growth.

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Their working methodology includes; walking, collecting, mapping, writing and site-specific installation. They consider the relationship that they are building to be the foundation of the work - exploring relatedness to each other (across the binary of colonised / coloniser) and to local and global communities, as well as collaborations with land and that we know as ‘nature’. A shared interest in the role of art in public spaces led us to begin a joint research project into the role that art plays in connecting people with the natural elements of place, drawing on the past, present and future. Situated on different continents, the digital space is vital to this commitment to create together - 

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In 2022 they hosted workshops, walks (including a nature healing ceremony) in Mexico City. In 2023 they contributed to the Field Trip publication for the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts Hinterland exhibition and presented a conference-workshop "Soft Radicle. Exchanges of Language(s), Culture and The Weight of Heritage at the ‘On not Knowing. How Artists Teach’ conference held at the Glasgow School of Art, in partnership with Helsinki Arts University. ‘Walking Through Time’, published in SLUICE magazine, Spring / Summer 2024.
‘Do It With Thy Might’ parallel walk, Colchester, UK - CDMX, SLUICE, Vernacular, June 2024.

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