drew many comparisons online to the poo emoji.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n Their latest project is titled ‘Javar’, which is the Mongolian concept of frost as a metaphor for resilience, hibernation and inner renewal.\n<\/p>\n
\n It saw the adventurers travel more than 350 miles through treacherous conditions to create site-specific works, bridging the cultural and ecological narratives of home with the nomadic culture of the Mongolian wilderness.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pair worked with the OIRArt Hub – an art organisation, which created the Javar International Winter Art Residency 2026 – the first residency of its kind in Mongolia.\n<\/p>\n
\n The programme, which ran from the end of February until March 7, saw ten international artists create site-specific works in the region of Lake Khuvsgol, the country’s biggest freshwater lake.\n<\/p>\n
\n This art residency enabled artists to create works in outdoor settings, using only natural materials found on-site to create temporary installations.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the case of Lake Khuvsgol, the lake has nearly 70 per cent of Mongolia’s fresh water.\n<\/p>\n
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The Sussex-based duo, working as Two Circles Design, create site-specific installations and sculptures from found and grown natural materials. (Image: Mark and Rebecca Ford)\n<\/p>\n
\n Khuvsgol Lake is surrounded by the snow-capped Sayan Mountains and Taiga forests.\n<\/p>\n
\n This area is known for its rugged landscape, with the weather reaching -30 degrees Celsius.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mark and Rebecca held a collaborative visual arts workshop for elementary school students at Elite International School, Ulaanbaatar, on March 3.\n<\/p>\n
\n A public lecture on land art and environmental artistic practice was presented by the Fords on March 4, at the Mongolian National University of Arts, Film and Culture.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mark and Rebecca also presented some of their insights and experiences from the residency on the Mongolian television programme This Morning on March 5.\n<\/p>\n
\n A video documentary showcasing the work of the art residency will be released in April 2026 on the OIR Art Hub YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark and Rebecca Ford exchanged the rolling hills of Sussex for the Mongolian steppes in late February as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-512156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}