The Wool Aliens

In the early 20th century, a botanist named Ida Hayward discovered more than 300 plant species native to Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Africa growing on the banks of the River Tweed in Scotland. Hayward found that the wool industry was moving plants around the globe. The plants along the Tweed had grown from seeds that had been washed from the local woollen mills as part of the region’s world-famous textile industry. The Wool Aliens is a layered cinematic study of the region along the Teviot and Tweed Rivers in Scotland that originated in a residency project hosted by Alchemy Film & Arts between April and October 2022. Working with 16mm, Parks emphasises the tactile entanglement between the wool industry, the local flora, migration and the colonial project.

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