Be a Part of Dalby Forest's Newest Exhibition
As the train cuts across the English countryside, fields blur into ribbons of green and gold - a landscape so near yet somehow out of reach
Showing at Forest Arts in the Courtyard at Dalby Forest from 7th March to 28th June 2026, the work explores a feeling many of us recognise: the desire to feel rooted in the land, set against the reality of how estranged that connection can sometimes be.
Terra Incognita ‘land unknown’, brings together photography, video, performance and walking-based practice to explore our uneasy relationship with the landscapes around us. Rimell reflects on access, ownership and belonging, challenging the idea of landscape as something to be consumed rather than lived within, questioning how social constructs and physical barriers shape our relationship with, and stewardship of, the land. The questions feel especially resonant after the Covid lockdowns, when limited access to green space exposed how vital and how unequal our relationship with the land can be.
Drawing on her background as a former chief press officer on climate change for DEFRA, Rimell translates this sense of disconnect into striking visual form. Distorted, dreamlike photographs echo our discoloured perceptions of place. In video works, she steps beyond marked paths, unspooling a vivid thread through the woodland symbolising both risk and reassurance, unravelling inherited perceptions. Other pieces show her ghosted figure merging with projected forests and fields, a quiet defiance and reclamation of human presence within the landscape as a path to reconnection.
Arts in the Forest
This exhibition forms part of Dalby Forest’s growing arts programme, which weaves creativity through the landscape. Alongside a series installations, workshops and artist-led walks, visitors can discover moments of unexpected creativity along familiar trails, inviting new perspectives of a much loved landscape.
Share Your Own Connection with the Land
This summer, Dalby Forest will host a visitor-led exhibition celebrating the creativity of those who walk, cycle and explore the forest every day. Visitors of all ages are invited to submit artwork inspired by their time in the forest either as photography, drawing, painting, textiles or mixed media. Selected works will be displayed in the Forest Arts exhibition space, creating a community shaped portrait of Dalby’s landscapes and the people who love them.
