Bound & Infinity presents Stemflow, a solo exhibition by artist Nick Jordan centred on sphagnum moss and its key role in the ecology of peatland habitats. Exploring human-nature relationships and co-dependencies, the exhibition features a body on new interrelated work, including film installations, sculptures, photographs, archival prints and living specimens.

Named after a term used in hydrology, Stemflow includes a new short film, Translocations, which highlights labour, cooperation and reciprocity between species, documenting the re-introduction and transference of sphagnum moss across a restored peatland on the edge of Manchester. Featuring the voice of botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer, and a tactile soundtrack score, the film depicts the human and more-than-human life, energies and actions that are transforming an intensively farmed and damaged terrestrial environment back into a flourishing wetland habitat. Exploring the luminous and vivid characteristics of this transitional terrain, the film depicts the abundance and dynamic mosaic of co-dependent species that are now thriving both above and below the waters of the bog.

Alongside the film is an installation of cast resin spherical sculptures. Titled Accumulations, the spheres contain suspended examples of sphagnum moss, lichens and plants that thrive in peatland environments. The exhibition also includes Cultivations - living plant and moss specimens the artist has grown, presented in salvaged laboratory glass vases and terrariums - alongside acetates of photomicrographs, archival prints, photographs and microscope video footage of sphagnum species.

The exhibition will coincide with a weekend of talks and discussions on the 28th - 30th November about the metamorphosis of plants, ways of urban renewal, and other projects taking place around the world which are similarly transformative. Guest speakers include Philip Franses, Minni Jain, Damian O’Doherty and Daniel O’Sullivan.

On November 9th, Otis Jordan and Sam Mcloughlin will be performing live at Bound & Infinity. Tickets are available to buy here: £10 standard / £5 concessions

Limited edition Translocations soundtrack score CD by Otis Jordan available from Set Foot Press

Exhibition preview Nov 7, 2025, 18:00 - 21:00. Continues to Dec 19th.
Bound & Infinity, 70 Tib Steet, Manchester M4 1L
Open Thursday to Sunday, 12:00 til 18:00