Artist in residence 2019

“I grew up near Epping Forest and it’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember – I learned to ride my bike at Connaught Water, went on school trips to Suntrap, and hung out there with my teenage friends. Now it’s a place I go to escape the speed of the city for a few hours and enjoy nature. My work takes a journey through centuries of our incredible local history, from the Iron-Age Loughton Camp, Enclosure, C19th activism and Thomas Willingale (my 5 x Great Uncle!), and WWII bomb craters that are now ponds”.
‘Echoes: Unearthing Stories of the Forest’ is out now as a limited edition album.
In autumn/winter 2019-20 it was a public installation in Epping Forest as part of London Borough of Culture project The People’s Forest.
Many thanks to PRS Foundation’s Open Fund for supporting this project.

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Video: Recording 'The Past Has a Life in the Forest'

Recording with cellist Jo Quail in Epping Forest’s Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge

New Single: The Lopper and the Landgrabber

This song is from the forthcoming album and Epping Forest sound installation Echoes: Unearthing Stories of the Forest

Sound Installation: Echoes

The sound installation runs from 12.11.2019 – 05.01.2020 The View Visitor Centre, Chingford, Epping Forest
(FREE - just turn up!) Open 10am-5pm Tuesdays-Sundays

A walk along the River Ching

I joined writer and filmmaker John Rogers (Waltham Forest’s Psychogeographer-in-Residence) for a walk along the River Ching.

Epping Forest: Sanctuary and Scars

Epping Forest is a sprawling ancient woodland with many legends and folktales attached, but it also has a legacy of providing people with a safe place, of sanctuary and escape. This is the third in a series of blogs exploring the history of Epping Forest.

Living Symphonies

Excited to be part of this epic project, composed and realised by James Bulley and Daniel Jones. You can hear it in Epping Forest 20-28 July as part of Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture programme, The People’s Forest.

Enclosure and saving Epping Forest

The story of how Epping Forest was saved is a complex campaign involving ancient laws and modern politicians, well-connected socialists, corporations, early conservationists and working-class activism.

Direct! Action! Protest and the Forest

An exploration of Waltham Forest's rich history of community action and protest, including a panel discussion with me talking about the threat of enclosure during the C19th, and the people who helped save the forest, including my ancestor Thomas Willingale.

Iron Age earthworks in Epping Forest

The first in a series of blogs exploring the history of Epping Forest. This one is all about the Iron Age hillfort, Loughton Camp.

Artist-In-Residence Epping Forest

I can now excitedly announce that I’ve been invited by City of London Epping Forest to be its Artist in Residence in 2019 - a whole year let loose in the forest to explore nature, local history and sound. Find out more …

Highams Park Lake looking lush and green in today's sunshine. 🌳☀️. #eppingforest

Epping Forest in the sun.☀️ #eppingforest #hollowponds #gorsebush

Something about this little corner of #eppingforest caught my eye this afternoon. #walthamstowforest 🌳#springgreen #blossom #reflectionsinwater

It's @bandcamp Friday! 💥 Link to my store in my bio if you fancy having a browse/listen. 🙏 #bandcampfriday #womencomposer #violin #theatre #electronica #soundtrack #music #storytelling #folk #modernclassical #neoclassicalmusic #instrumental

Blixa #snowday #snowdogsofinstagram #bostonterrierlove #frenchtonsofinstagram #eppingforest #snow #sundaysnowday

#Repost @eppingforestjohnmuiraward with @repostsaveapp ・・・ Our group walked to one of the #ancientearthworks in #EppingForest an #ironagehillfort #LoughtonCamp, learning about this #historic landscape in the ancient woodland. We were joined by composer @e

Loughton Camp looking great this evening. 💚 #EppingForest #treesofinstagram #forestwalks

Lovely evening sitting in one of my favourite spots with my good friend @londonnaturay As the sun went down bats started flying over our heads. #EppingForest #eveningskies #bat #queenelizabethhuntinglodge #chingford #simplepleasures #nature #

So fresh and green. A lovely, quiet (rare these days!) walk in the forest. 🌳💚 #eppingforest #hollowpond #greenspaces

Preparing arrangements for my #eppingforest themed gig at @cecilsharphouse on 20 May. Playford country dance 'Epping Forest' is scored out and 'O Rare Turpin' on screen from the ever helpful #efdss online archive. 🌳 #violin #folk #englishfo

Day 7 You #marchmeetthemaker Here I am in #EppingForest, one of my favourite places.🌳 As I've got older I've become more interested in where I'm from: my #eastlondon roots, the history of #london and my #ancestors. I always go down a resear

You can still experience my sound installation in #EppingForest. 🌳 It's now up at High Beach Visitor Centre. Pick up some headphones and take a walk in this gorgeous ancient woodland. 🎧 #forest #soundinstallation #walking #nature

#Repost @thelostbyway with @repostsaveapp ・・・ Great to pick up a CD of @elliewilsonuk sound installation at Epping Forest Visitor Centre, Chingford. You can also take a pair of headphones and wander the forest listening to the sounds.. #soundart #music #e

You can listen to my #soundinstallation 'Echoes' at The View Visitor Centre in #EppingForest. Pick up a headset 🎧 and wander around the museum or head over to the #queenelizabethhuntinglodge. #forest @coleppingforest #wfculture19 #music #compos

#Repost @wfculture19 with @repostsaveapp ・・・ "Epping Forest has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember." 🌳 Tomorrow, @elliewilsonuk's 'Echoes: Unearthing Stories of the Forest' sound installation goes live at @coleppingforest

Sound installation is set up and ready for the public to experience from Tuesday in the #eppingforest visitor centre, The View, Chingford. #graphicscore #loughtoncamp #graphicartwork #music #pictureframe #eppingforest

Sometimes it's worth getting up early! Here's another photo by @michellefoulser Look at that mist. #dawn #eppingforest #photoshoot📷 @coleppingforest #forest #lake #naturephotography #sunrise #autumnvibes🍁 #sleepy

#Repost @stowbrothers with @repostsaveapp ・・・ Love a Winter walk in Epping Forest? Open your ears for 'Echoes' - a sound installation by violinist, composer and artist in residence Ellie Wilson 🌳⠀ ⠀ 📍 Epping Forest Visitors Ce

Posters! #eppingforest #artistinresidence #soundinstallation #composer #womeninmusic #forest #comingsoon #folk #electronica #newmusic #fieldrecordings #violin #instamusic #wfculture19 #chingford

Ellie Wilson is supported by PRS Foundation’s Open Fund

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