Siôn Parkinson

Visual artist, composer, performer, writer, and researcher, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland
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Siôn Parkinson is a visual artist, composer, performer, and writer investigating our sensory relationship with the more-than-human world. His first book is forthcoming: Stinkhorn: How Nature’s Most Foul-Smelling Mushroom Can Change The Way We Listen (Sternberg Press, March 2025). Siôn is a research fellow at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where he explores the olfactory heritage of fungi—mushroom smells that are meaningful to individuals or communities due to their association with significant places, objects, or traditions. Originally trained as a sculptor, Siôn received his PhD in sound studies from the University of Leeds, where he was an Amanda Burton scholar.