Our latest project is about to start in earnest! For more on how we are combining art, music, photography, film and neuroscience for conservation head over to Tayo where you can follow our journey deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest.

5 days till we embark on our journey to Tayos! What will our experience of the rich, biodiverse landscape of the rainforest be after 4 days without natural daylight & contact with the outside world? For expedition news sign up for our newsletter at tayos.org

Today is the day our latest project begins in earnest! We leave urban life behind and venture deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest to Cueva de los Tayos. Follow the project combining art, music, neuroscience, exploration and conservation at Tayo

We say goodbye to our amazing team & find ourselves on the brink of an exciting & rewarding journey sifting through the mass of field recordings, neuroscience data, music, photography and film footage that the cave has given us. 📷 by Eoin Carey

The return from Tayos tayos.org/news/2018/9/5/…

Experiencing a world apart has rendered all the details of our familiar surroundings new. We are all still carrying the sounds and light of the rainforest with us but how to describe the beauty of this place and the subtle ways in which it has shifted our perspectives?

We‘ll be writing some longer notes on our memories & strands of the project. We want to give each thread the space it deserves. You can follow the unfolding story by signing up to our newsletter at tayos.org. We hope you will join us on the journey.

For the Shuar the cave is a place to meet the spirits & in the silence & dark, listen for their guidance. It is a belief on caves found the world over. What makes caves such powerful sites for human understanding? And what do we take with us when we emerge into the light? .

Tayos is a place of timelessness. No sunlight to mark the day’s passage. In the dark the cares of urban life slip away, leaving space to dream and envision. Just one of the many reasons why natural spaces like Tayos are so valuable and deserve our reverence. 📷 by Eoin Carey

Huge congratulations to our Tayos expedition member @Jon_Hopkins_ for his Grammy nomination!! We can’t wait to hear the music that Jon will be producing from his expedition experience 💛

Final day of Burns&Beyond Festival and last chance to see #museumofthemoon St Giles' Cathedral (closes 5pm), the beautiful ‘Kindness Lane’ by Open Close at Assembly Rooms Edinburgh and take the Rabbie Ramble along Red,Red Rose Street. All for FREE! burnsandbeyond.com

Thank you Scotsman Arts David Pollock for 4**** review of the inaugural Burns&Beyond Festival and huge thanks to Neu! Reekie! kathryn joseph @obanfiddle Martin Green Pictish Trail Ricky Ross Gilded Balloon Nevis Ensemble Roddy Woomble Rachel Sermanni Open Close #BurnsandBeyond

We are so delighted to be taking part again in the wonderful Architecture Fringe this year with Enlightening Candlemaker Row: A rediscovery of the human scale and public life of Candlemaker Row - 9th June in collaboration with Sustrans and The City of Edinburgh Council Keep tuned for more info!

So excited about working on this event and the ideas that Sustrans and The City of Edinburgh Council are exploring around improving our street experiences.

Looking forward to exhibiting our first project in Edinburgh's Closes in 2017 with an amazing group of talented creatives at The Lighthouse #Glasgow buff.ly/2Vkdv3i open-close.co.uk/installations

Thanks to everyone who came along to Candlemaker Row today. We wanted to make a space in which to re-imagine the street & discover new ways to use it traffic-free. To see the place filled with children playing, people stopping to sit and talk & bask in the sun was such a joy!