Ecology Works surveys the practice of John Newling, focusing on his sustained engagement with ecological systems, sustainability, and the politics of food production.

Working across installation, photography, text, and socially engaged projects, Newling examines the interdependence of environmental, economic, and cultural processes.

The publication documents key projects in which natural growth cycles, agricultural labour, and the circulation of resources become both material and conceptual frameworks. Rather than presenting ecology as representation, Newling approaches it as lived infrastructure—foregrounding duration, cultivation, and collective participation.

Essays by Jonathan Watkins and contributing authors contextualize the work within contemporary ecological discourse and conceptual art, addressing questions of sustainability, institutional critique, and long-term artistic research. The volume positions Newling’s practice within debates on environmental responsibility and the expanded field of socially embedded art.