ARTICLES

 

The AFTER AFTER… journal by BURTON NITTA features articles to inspire other ways to consider humans and the world around us. We like to think of the journal as an open studio space where we can invite you into our ideas and creative process. We find history, science and nature fascinating. The articles share this curiosity and the ways these areas shape our artworks.  In fact, we use the name AFTER AFTER… to reflect on how ideas that often look into the past (sometimes into deep history) and current times, can create paths to then imagine futures. So, join us to ask: what comes after? 

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Artists Burton and Nitta in a studio photo shoot

LEAVING SPACE

21st FEBRUARY 2023

Can we be architects of the unknown? Can we create catalysts for chains of relationships beyond ourselves? How might we carve out space for the undetermined and hidden? These are just some of the questions arising from the recent project Biota Beings. In this article we explore how we create systems as a holobiont…

Drawing of plant human from the Entanglaculture work

TO KNOW WITHOUT KNOWING

21st NOVEMBER 2022

When we look at the folklore surrounding plants, we find that there are shreds of truth in these stories. In researching our works Biota Beings and Entanglaculture, we are curious about the beliefs and magical associations assigned to plants in folklore…

BECOMING

24th OCTOBER 2022

Recent work called Entanglaculture originates from a tool we created in a project called Biota Beings. This tool or system is a manifesto of sorts. However, we feel a manifesto sits uncomfortably with the core beliefs of the works... 

Food Fortunes capsules from exhibition at Kew Gardens London

ENTANGLACULTURE AT KEW

22nd SEPTEMBER 2022

 For us, the opportunity to share work in exhibitions is also to create a space to invite outside experiences, stories and knowledge into the development of the ideas. One particular insight which a visitor shared in a recent exhibition at Kew Gardens stays with us. The conversation creates a connection between Ancient Greece and Japan through folklore tales ...

STRATEGIES FOR NEW WORLDS AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING

2nd FEBRUARY 2022

In the 2020 pandemic lockdown, we produced a creative coaching tool called the Reality Coach to free the mind and imagination. The first volume...

Spread of Cards from the Reality Coach Deck of Cards

REALITY COACH SESSIONS

JULY 2021

What others are saying about the Reality Coach live sessions:

“ It opened so much potential for my future 
by widening my perspectives on it. 

Reality Coach can turn insecure and blurred ideas 
into actual future plans! ”

...

THE TRANSFORMOSPHERE

JULY 2020

Maps to find and create seeds for transformation

Synching minds

As a collaborative practice, we often invent systems and titles to capture abstract concepts. Once these are within a discourse, we can ‘sync’ our minds and test the ideas. We think this process of invention is natural when working across disciplines. These placeholders help ...

Singer with enhanced voice from the work New Organs of Creation

10 YEARS OF BURTON NITTA

3rd January 2020

The journey so far...

In recent work, we proposed Altered Ways of Being and made New Organs of Creation from living cells to imagine other versions of humanness. We invited audiences of...

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