http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-31 http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/blog/2026/3/30/lichens-love-garry-oaks-meadows-by-natasha-lavdovsky monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1fe8ee87-025b-46e8-99d4-903a53c61396/Usnea-small.jpg Blog - Lichens Love Garry Oaks Meadows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/07eaa1aa-6ff5-4800-a040-b7808c32657c/lobaria+anomala.jpg Blog - Lichens Love Garry Oaks Meadows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/291f5bf3-f7fe-47d8-8fba-615a83a26f8f/Lungwort.jpg Blog - Lichens Love Garry Oaks Meadows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1f18fbd0-a038-4882-a048-3ac89b2902a1/OGSB+with+caption.jpg Blog - Lichens Love Garry Oaks Meadows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/8c354494-cd37-4053-9fa5-c2e6df385d0b/peacock+lichen+caption.jpg Blog - Lichens Love Garry Oaks Meadows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/projects daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1582403938769-S6KQF4R767O4ZKZD8ZN6/Screen+Shot+2020-02-22+at+3.38.38+PM.png ART PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1613584652681-9WYIZ9SGILUMF2X378OG/image-asset.png ART PROJECTS - (Man)oeuvre A short film showing a series of site-specific performances, interrogating our relationship with water and energy. The Atmospheric Manipulation series is part of this work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1614224365398-87JGJOOMYAEW3CIJ2ZD9/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - The Lichen Wig I Made When My Hair Was Short, 2017 (made with wind fallen usnea longissima) In the early stages of my lichen wig project, I set up my camera to capture a performative piece where I stood in the rain for 30 minutes while the water changed the texture of the wig. This image shows the wig before it rained. By capturing the shared vulnerability between myself and this delicate organism, I bring attention to our corporeal sensitivity to changes in our environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1653940053871-42VRX5ETI8OA7ZX9O24S/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Woven Wellness Data Wool dyed with sustainably gathered lichens and plants, woven to represent data from daily covid-19 cases, personal anxiety levels, and time spent in nature, all from the first four months of the pandemic. The top weaving shows daily covid cases in Montreal using yarn dyed with urine-fermented evernia prunastri lichen. The middle weaving shows my personal daily anxiety levels using yarn dyed with boiled Lobaria Pulmonaria lichen. The lower weaving shows the time I spent in nature each day using yarn dyed with Comfrey and Pacific Willow leaves collected during walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1600413275503-BEZXZHMG7SFLAX8X9NXH/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1614223641522-ZX4D0NRKYWWE5FI8B7A5/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Melting Lichen Piss Dye Jelly Cake (video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1575180864108-VJMKGE6W1Y7OWDFAC4C4/cover-it-up.jpg ART PROJECTS - Cover It Up! (Eco-Merkins for Sale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1483389052962-2KHOFTD88Q488V0GSPF6/MOSS-CHAIR.jpg ART PROJECTS - "Moss Chair", photographed in 2017. This installation uses a reclaimed chair from the landfill (foam and fabric removed), converted into an organic substrate onto which moss from the surrounding forest was carefully transplanted. Initially installed in 2013, the moss chair is still alive, with a baby spruce and huckleberry plants growing on its back. The surrounding cedar tree roots have grown into the chair, creating a lattice inside its seat beneath the moss. The installation is located in an undisclosed location, in a boat access only forest on the northwest coast, with the (retroactive) approval of the Indigenous chief of the territory. Photographed in 2017, the light bulb illuminating the scene was powered by a portable diesel generator (the same kind of energy that powers all the nearby communities). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1575159003534-4E8XC108U3GCJQCY8IIE/Screen+Shot+2019-11-30+at+7.09.41+PM.png ART PROJECTS - With My Plastic Bag, Ocean I am Yours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1653939343777-0Y3CUW662MEHQTY00IG9/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Chemical markers of lichens on a seaside tree. This image shows a “Thin Layer Chromatography” (TLC) plate, which was the starting point of the Music for Lichens soundscape series. Illuminated with UV light, this TLC plate- which is a thin ceramic plate used to chemically analyze biological material- shows the chemical markers of 18 different lichens. To make this plate, I processed tiny samples of lichen species from a seaside tree through a chemical analysis called thin layer chromatography. Each column (rising from the circles at the bottom) shows the particular acids present in that lichen. I translated this visual data into a musical composition, with the pitch determined by the height of the spot, and the tone generated from lichen micro-sounds or field recordings from the lichens’ habitat. Combining this tonal composition with layers of audio collected from the local ecosystem, the result is a music soundscape made for lichens and inspired by their chemistry and using the sounds they make when they move. Accompanying videos and soundscapes will be released soon… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1675072195026-TIA96KDF8O8XQD93773N/iphone+science.jpg ART PROJECTS - Data collection Photo-documentation of rare lichen with gps enabled for precise location data to share with Conservation Data Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1695513408844-2Q1MA8STVBJ373P375FP/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Gorse: A Remedy for Hopelessness, 2022. Ecological intervention/performance I removed a circle of invasive gorse flowers from the side of a rural highway; dyed wool with the flowers to weave invasive plant data). 4’ diameter. Located in unceded Pacheedaht First Nation Territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1709191423619-HAHGKDVVJNX9LER4RKWO/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Lichen Hand with Usnea Pressed into the shape of a hand when damp, these usnea lichens have adapted themselves into their present circumstances, drying out inside the hand shaped mould. Lichens are greatly influenced by the conditions in which they find themselves. As such, they are bioindicators of air pollution because they absorb everything in the air around them, making it possible to test lichen flesh for certain environmental contaminants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1729146309935-Y3VS960CKOJCTRGWZCM2/image-asset.png ART PROJECTS - Watering Grass, excerpt of 3 min durational performance video, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1760908697766-C334PBDQVU0U6X8X77NG/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Symbiosis Usnea longissima and Ramalina menziesii lichens responding to hydration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1760046615765-OM11YFZPCBJE4UGKRY7Z/image-asset.jpeg ART PROJECTS - Gorse Block, 2025 (Sculpture of dried, invasive gorse cuttings) After removing a circle of invasive gorse from the roadside, I packed it into a square box, let it dry, and transported it to the gallery where it slid out of the box and retained its shape. It was transported and stored in plastic to prevent the blossoms from spreading. While in the warm dry gallery the blossoms unexpectedly went to seed. I had to carefully sweep up the seeds to make sure I was not further spreading this spiky noxious weed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1728932807694-KBMBHXD6GWI0M74CW6LY/MossSalvageCircle-+correct-small.jpg ART PROJECTS - Moss Salvage Circle, 2023, living moss, shrubs, tree seedlings, soil. All transplanted life forms were salvaged from an industrial logging cutblock before it was destroyed. As of autumn 2025, 95% of the moss is still alive, along with all transplanted seedlings and shrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1774933952259-M44PJXBWBDEJ1D1H1KOS/Lichen+cult+performance+art+natasha+lavdovsky.png ART PROJECTS http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/screenings daily 0.75 2026-03-31 http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/screenings/2023/4/25/bryosphere monthly 0.5 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682663360364-ICMB4FU16J6EG4TRO8U4/IMG-2341.jpg EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Tanya Kirilova https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682663394978-S5I98C23DZKT20UYI1UQ/IMG-2330.jpg EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Tanya Kirilova https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682663357652-7C7UAOQDN1GUC5ZJMJO8/IMG-2336.jpg EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Tanya Kirilova https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682663355842-GPBGNV7N0PAMQPLH7T9U/IMG-2331.jpg EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Tanya Kirilova https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486395449-LGI75KHSLSMDABOUXHZR/IMG_8638.PNG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Sarah Aldinger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486398159-VD6EKGE1HW8BUIEFZXS3/IMG_8649.PNG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Susan Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486381808-ON4TL461XO0H8LZOK6EP/IMG_8595.JPG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Susan Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486383024-UERI7M4A56H3W3MM4ZDM/IMG_8600.JPG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Susan Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486408437-SD96GPOQ01YQBEE3CXPN/IMG_8650.PNG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Emma Boreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486403957-9ZYLHS5FZ16JG79XVRAO/IMG_8651.PNG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Susan Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486418257-RQH1FRX6GK030FX2URR6/IMG_8654.PNG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Susan Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1682486415791-2XX7OXOXNZJRBH2FFAFH/IMG_8652.PNG EVENTS - BRYOSPHERE SCREENING, 2023 - Photo credit: Sarah Aldinger http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/archive daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1493095680308-1VX3B9Y9DMIX39XGA7MF/Lavdovsky_+Tree+ghosts+of+nugedzi+lake.jpg ARCHIVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1575157832368-B3GPJOOGY7EFSRZ2J9L8/LAVDOVSKY%2B4_SJB036.jpg ARCHIVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1544953794398-JINLYN3QXTX5HQES4JPV/image-asset.jpeg ARCHIVE - ADD Water, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1483520896185-KDKBOQSYEBUZUEG76IUH/bark--3-colors.jpg ARCHIVE - Oak Bark, Three Different Ways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1483520563451-2D8BUOYURRC4K9PC2I5C/_MG_0133.jpg ARCHIVE - Barnacle Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1546649715032-XQ4CEQD3ET18L2G4HHHU/2018-Toredo+1.jpg ARCHIVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1483516016215-2BZSP1JW7Q4WRBBCSRMA/treeportrait_004.jpg ARCHIVE - large format film photograph, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1493781826653-BJESCHLMZ62TA8DS4OZD/smooth-curved-rocks.jpg ARCHIVE http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/film daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1774985508993-UNK4Y4QRVCYKVS7ZWZM8/image-asset.png FILM - Music Video for "Sleeping" by Ora Cogan Shot in the summer of 2019 in Haida Gwaii, I had the goal of standing in place while the tide came in to cover my body. This was around the time when forest fire smoke was beginning to be an annual occurrence. I had a gas mask that I wanted to use to reference the worsening conditions in our atmosphere, so I brought it into the ocean with me and performed a series of actions while a friend press record on my video camera (or I recorded myself). These performance videos ended up having the particular shimmery otherworldly quality that Ora Cogan was looking for to accompany her single “Sleeping”, so I edited it all into this music video. Released in 2020, the piece took on new symbolic meaning in the context of the novel coronavirus pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/1774935075727-W69COPYNDLDI4VBURKJF/image-asset.png FILM - "CURTAIN CALLS" BY ELBOW KISS Adjust your Youtube settings to 4k before watching! Video Credits: Director, Cinematography, Camera, Editing & Special Effects - Natasha Lavdovsky; Starring Em Boreen; Screen Writing/Concept: Natasha Lavdovsky & Em Boreen; Key Grip & Camera Assistant: Sean Brennan; Special Effects Consultant- Nick Patterson. Song Credits: Written and Performed by Elbow Kiss; Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by David Parry; Vocals & Harp- Em Boreen; Organ & Bass - David Parry; Guitar - Sofia Miller; Piano & engineering assistant - Keenan Mittag-Degala; Drums- Austin Tufts. About the video: Between August 2024 and March 2025, Em Boreen (Elbow Kiss) and I (Natasha Lavdovsky) shot a series of videos around Jordan River, Sooke and Victoria (in the Territories of the Pacheedaht, T’Sou-ke, Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations). With Em’s initial vision of wearing an old thrift store wedding dress and my fixation on the stunning landscapes around where I live, we developed a visual story of metamorphosis inspired by the lyrical energy of Em’s first single, Curtain Calls. I wanted to incorporate tarot symbolism, the five elements, Jungian archetypes, and some David Lynch inspired stylistic (and slightly campy) choices to ground the story inside the ethereal grief of the song. Although I used special effects for some of the physically impossible scenes, the final shot is not done with special effects or edited in any way other than basic coloration- yes we hiked 5km in the winter to that spot and yes Em had to change into dry clothes for the 5km hike back to the car. http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/c19fbc51-4e47-488b-b1a0-844ca5a19002/Screen+Shot+2024-10-14+at+3.59.56+PM.png BIO/CONTACT Checking in on the health of the living installation, Moss Salvage Circle, August, 2024. Photo credit: Agathe Bernard. http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/new-page-1 daily 1.0 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551f8d1de4b0871893395222/449837c2-8c30-4a7b-bef7-bda84356fddf/lichen-hands.jpg Home Lichen Hands, 2023. http://www.natashalavdovsky.com/store daily 0.75 2024-06-13