Making work for Space, Place and Practice artist research group.
A growing sense …
as I garden I have a growing sense
not just a sense that it makes sense to grow food
but a sense of being
the feel of the soil, warm in the afternoon
the sound of the rain, percussive and loud
the smell of the plants filling the air
the taste of the fruit, mouth-wateringly fresh
and in seconds my eyes take it all in, colour, space and things to be done.
As I garden I have a growing sense of what is real
Development of Draft Plan – “Looking After Folly Wood”. This has included a template at the end to enable people/groups to take responsibility and make decisions rather than being dependent on a central or otherwise controlling agency. Although my intention at Folly Wood was to explore the relationship between aesthetic appreciation and biodiversity in the woodland, I have been reading various texts on citizenship and participation in the context of sustainability and am also interested in the role of art in providing “the space” for discussion and engagement.
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Developing programme for Yoga Walk with Amanda Sultan-Black and making flier. The idea being to use walking, drawing and yoga to develop the relationship between the inner landscape and the outer landscape. To use both drawing and yoga as ways of developing an engaged appreciation of place and developing thoughts about “disinterest” as a positive approach to aesthetic appreciation.
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20th and 21st – making animation of Weave Symposium and canal walk. Aspects to include are: weaving, inside/outside, feeling and knowing. Overriding imagery is walking as engagement with place, line as both a route and representation of heart beat, light as both evidence of presence and nature/ photosynthesis. Light and line as an allegory for nature and human nature, internal and external landscape.
Folly Wood Solstice gathering and WtL Woodland Pilgrimage exhibition.
Aware that numbers of participants were a bit low. Taking stock of whether our process is as enabling as we intended.
People produced own tree rubbings in response to those exhibited by WtL.
Good discussion about woodland management principles.
17th and 18th – preparing for exhibition and gathering in the woods.
12, 13, 14, 15th June.
Development of WEAVE Advisory Group, Briefing for Academy of Urbanism, Papers Canal Forum.
New map for Folly Wood gathering and making work for woodland pilgrimage exhibition in the woods. Making and circulating invitation.
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