Interdependent Indigenous Ecologies
Interdependent Indigenous Ecologies
Research, Sound Archives, and Social Practice in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(Supported by Arts Council England- Developing Your Creative Practice)
Image from Argyle, St Vincent, taken by Ketil Kinden Endresen as part of year of professional development, field research, and relationship-building connecting sound, ecology, care, and archives
Supported by a 2025-2026 Arts Council England DYCP award, Interdependent Indigenous Ecologies marks a pivotal, full-circle evolution in my transdisciplinary practice. This year-long research and development programme explores the deep intersections of sound, ecology, collective care, archival engagement, and Indigenous knowledge systems.Centring a personal and political longing to return, this project explores my lineage and ancestral ecologies in the Caribbean. In an era of accelerating climate crisis and the rapid loss of our community elders- the living repositories of cultural histories- the urgency of this work is paramount. Through deep listening, sensory mapping, and participatory practices, this ongoing body of work seeks to preserve, repair, and imagine infinite possibilities for diasporic belonging beyond traditional binaries.
Practice-Based Research as a Site of Care
True to my commitment to disability justice and sustainable ways of working, this research program intentionally adapted to my lived experience with chronic illness and physical limitations. By restructuring the project to accommodate pacing, hybrid digital mentorships, and flexible, remote archival research alongside extended physical fieldwork, the project serves as a live methodology. It supports my belief and dedication to ever-evolving access, that rigorous, international creative research can (and must) be built around accessibility, consent, and care.
Sonic Archives, Video production & Biodata: a hydrophone recording setup captured in Bequia taken from film footage
Research & Methodologies:
Interdependent Indigenous Ecologies
My Arts Council England DYCP research operates as a live, multi-dimensional inquiry. Because my practice treats the process of research as an extension of community care and disability justice, this work encompasses three deeply interconnected strands:
- Sonic Archives, Video production & Biodata: Grounded in deep listening and embodied documentary filmmaking, this strand utilizes oral history archiving, hydrophone ocean recording, field video documentation, and ecological bio-data sonification experiments (including The Singing Tree) to capture the shifting landscapes of Saint Vincent and Bequia.
- Visual & Material Research: Through an embodied drawing series (featured in the Youlou Arts women's show), sensory mapping, and photographic documentation, this work tracks the delicate relationships between water, ancestral memory, and botanical medicine lineages.
- Alternative Critique & Low-Barrier Publishing: Utilizing community zines along with my own zine publishing as well as responsive workshop templates, this methodology focuses on distributing institutional authority, creating trauma-informed and responsive spaces, and holding room for collective learning-unlearning-relearning
Lineage, Mentorship & Collaboration
This research was made possible through the profound guidance of a transnational network of practitioners and organisations i’m deeply gratful to including:
- Holly Bynoe, Alexis Keir, Ketil Kinden Endresen, Nathaniel Télémaque, Bo Forbes, The Hub Collective (Bequia), Youlou Arts Centre (SVG), Healing Together (SVG), University of the Arts (London), Writing Our Legacy (Sussex), Imprint (Scotland), Downs to the Sea (Sussex), Phoenix Art Space (Brighton).