Events
Rebecca Edwards in conversation with Most Dismal Swamp: Navigating The Bastard Fields
14 November
In this public talk, Dane Sutherland (aka Most Dismal Swamp) and Rebecca Edwards discussed The Bastard Fields, a new work of outsider cinema by Most Dismal Swamp. The talk took place on the occasion of Most Dismal Swamp's exhibition, The Bastard Fields, at Autotelic Foundation.
This conversation invited audiences to delve into the ideas, processes, and stories behind Sutherland’s immersive and evolving “swamp world.” The discussion meandered through neural media, internet cultures, and the “weird”, tracing the currents that shape The Bastard Fields and the wider practice of Most Dismal Swamp.
Most Dismal Swamp is the project of curator, artist, and researcher Dane Sutherland (b. 1985, Scotland). Operating through multimedia commissions and speculative collaborations, Most Dismal Swamp spans video, installation, and online hallucinations dredged from the slumgullion world of digital, platform, and neural media.
Rebecca Edwards is a London-based curator, writer, and producer whose work explores experimental curatorial methods, new forms of cultural production, and the intersections of technology, digital aesthetics, and internet culture. Formerly curator at arebyte (2017–2024), she is currently co-host of the Future Artefacts Podcast and an access worker for artist Petra Szemán.