Kelp
14th April 2025 Kathleen Drew Day
Hiroshi Yasuda got in touch out of the blue in January 2025 to share his excitement about kelp and blue carbon. We started a conversation about artistic and musical practice that springs from our concerns about the climate crisis. It’s wonderful to make this reconnection with Japan, and with Makoto Nomura.
At our third conversation, Nomura told us about the English scientist Kathleen Drew who made such a significant discovery about nori seaweed that she is worshipped as a god in Kumamoto.
We decided to honour Kathleen Drew on her special day, as close in time as possible to the shinto ceremony in Kumamoto, as close to the sea as we can get – ideally, in the sea! We invited some friends and family near and far to take a moment for Kathleen.