Date
Summer + Autumn 2026
Image Credits
Becky Lyon
For Light + Flight, Barnet-based artist Becky Lyon presents Solidarities, an artistic project surfacing and celebrating our geological heritage shared in-common and as a commons. ‘Solidarities' alludes to both the apparent solidity of rock and the concept of being in solidarity with each other across differences.
Through sensory installations, one-on-one performances and stone safaris across the Barnet Plateau, this project will bring to light the shared resonances deep beneath our feet, cross invisible boundaries, and re-story the ground.
"I am excited to spotlight Barnet, and the Barnet Plateau's incredible ecology and natural history - often overlooked by Londoner’s and locals alike! I'm looking forward to exploring how nature, in this case the unseen London Clay and chalk streams beneath our feet, can be a way to find and share resonances across our different heritages, geographies and lifeways. My role as an artist is to shape how we draw this out, and how this feels."
(Becky Lyon)
About The Artist
Becky Lyon is an artist and researcher of mixed British and Jamaican heritage exploring the politics of ecology in England. She is interested in art as a method of understanding nature and practicing more equitable and flourishing worlds. She has a particular focus on the senses and is currently researching for her PhD, "Touch as method for critical ecological stewardship in England" at Goldsmiths University of London.
Her work takes the form of tactile objects, sensory installations, hand-made moving images, audio experiments and publications. She runs Ground Provisions, a ‘schooled-by-the-forest’ for adults; The Department of Artecology which is an experimental space for interdisciplinary exchange in the conservation sector; is a Volunteer Ranger for London National Park City and a member of the All The Elements network championing inclusivity in the outdoors.
Light + Flight is presented by Art in Barnet. It is supported by a Cultural Impact Award, part of the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture programme. It is made possible with additional support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England.