Huck and On The Edge Spotlight Our Relationship with Nature in Latest Project

Odes to Nature is a new Huck film series in collaboration with On The Edge, in which we invited poets, songwriters and spoken word artists to respond to natural sounds in the RSPB Fowlmere Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire. 

On The Edge are a group of storytellers and scientists working to reconnect people with nature through funding conservation to preserve endangered species, and working with partners (like Huck) to create media that draws attention to their cause through diverse platforms. 

The project has been made to draw attention to the unique beauty of one of the UK’s rarest habitats, and more broadly to consider our relationship with nature through language, sound and song. 

The project was shot in the RSPB Fowlmere Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire and it was very, very wet. And pretty cold too. Keeping cameras and artists dry was a challenge! 

“It was a very meditative setting. I would love to film some more stuff there, just from a creative and cinematic perspective. But I like that when we’re filming and it starts raining, we all had to find a way to make things happen regardless, because nature is spontaneous and unpredictable.” said Suli Breaks.

Each of the artists – poets Suli Breaks and Amani Saeed, and folk musician Sam Lee – brought a unique perspective. Sam recreated an old Sussex folk song, recording over a beat of found natural sounds, Amani explored her relationship with the outdoors having grown up in the New Jersey suburbs, and Suli Breaks reflects on how losing touch with nature disconnects us from ourselves, from social structures and chains of production. 

You can watch the videos and read more via the Huck website.