I love gary
Here are two excerpts from the writings of Gary Snyder, poet and deep ecology philosopher.First, a poem:under the tough old stars —In the shadow of the bluffs I came back to myselfTo the real work, to 'What is to be…
Working Bee # 2 // Moss Graffiti and Murals
*****photo Devin LeeFor those interested in the Sprout Out Loud! ongoing activities, please come on out Friday to our second gardening event.It will be taking place from 1:00-5:00 pm on Friday May 9th.Moss paste will be provided for murals on…
Sprout Out Loud! Working Bee # 1
*****The Urban Plant Reclamation Ensemble (Sprout Out Loud!)is pleased to announce our first working bee of the season. This is the first of many activities that will be evolving seasonally. WHEN: Friday April 25th, 1-4pm // Saturday April 26th, 1-4pmWHERE:…
Armure (treizième journée)
photo Devin LeeLa performance 'Armure (treizième journée)' est une méditation sur la tâche de sauvegarder nos traditions folkloriques. L'armure est une carapace vivante qui protège notre corps; ça nous rappelle aussi que notre force est enracinée dans notre contact avec…
Sprout Out Loud! ~ Le Pouvoir Aux Pousses (launched March 21, 2008)
Graphic drawn by Emily*****Borne from THE ROERICH GARDEN: AN ON-GROWING COMMUNITY-COLLABORATIVE EARTHWORK AND TEMPORARY PLANT INSTALLATION MADE TO CALL OUT AGAINST THE 9M$ DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN THE MILE END (see description under 'Roerich Garden') Photo by Melissa Campbell*****The Urban Plant…
WWII /deep ecology / eco-psychology/
The Roerich Symbol brings together the idea of nature and culture.I am using it in my garden piece as a temporary plant installation because it signifies protection. Used in WWII to prevent aerial bombing, this symbol is the cultural equivalent…
bibliography
'Heart of Reeds' by Chris Drury ***** EXHIBITION CATALOGUES - Manières d'agir pour demain: Environ(ne)ment: Approaches for Tomorrow. Gilles Clément and Philippe Rahm. - Arch. Andy Goldsworthy and David Craig. - Song of the Earth. Mel Gooding and William Furlong.…
The Roerich Garden Project // Projet Jardin Roerich
Sprout Out Loud! is an on-growing gardener's ensemble that seeks to support and develop the relationship between residents and the land around them.Our current project — the Roerich Garden — is a site-specific earthwork located in the Maguire Meadow, one…
The Roerich Garden, b. November 2007.
The Roerich Garden is a temporary community-collaborative earthwork. It was created in November 2007 to oppose the 9M$ development plans in the Mile End. The arrondissement du Plateau-Mont-Royal plans involve extending St-Viateur further east towards Henri-Julien, expropriating and demolishing several…
ComBATTONS; an ongoing series of local interventions using the life cycle.
Photo by Nick Thayer'comBATTONS' Street performance on Ste-Catherine and Bishop, Outside the Dep't of National Defense. Mtl, March 2007.
Abstract ( a vision for art & ecology )
photo by John Naccarato*****The focus of this paper's inquiry is in the connection of art to the environment and its multiple living systems. In studying specific artistic groups and individuals who integrate a response to land into their practice, I…
A manifesto on place; a relationship of listening & response to one’s environment
photo by Melissa Campbell'Taste the Source (while supplies last)' Corner of Mackay and Ste-Catherine, Mtl, Nov'06.An anonymous freshwater mermaid makes a rare appearance amid bustling people legs, offering water samples from her favourite endangered rivers and lakes of various regions…
comBATTONS; a local intervention using life cycle and seed
****photo by Marc VincentI just recently installed a large grass tapestry outdoors beneath a city viaduct in Montreal on an abandoned lot occupied by an artist-run centre named Dare-Dare (www.dare-dare.org). It was composed of a patchwork of burlap coffee bags…
The Land tells you what to do…
*****I watched a documentary film yesterday called 'TableLand', which was being showcased as a part of Pop Montreal's yearly movie series: For more info: http://www.p1-productions.com/tableland.html. The movie's focus was on small-scale food production, and the leaders of the movement towards…
Sources, Texts & Documents:
'Home Free' by Diane Cox*****- Viktor Papanek ('Design for the real world') (Friends with Buckminster Fuller. Wrote manifesto calling on designers to quit profit seeking to design simple things that people need).- Janine Benyus (Book called 'Biomimicry'. About mimicking biological…
Project Synopsis
***** Project Synopsis: This will be an academic paper, so I plan to do research and writing over the entire academic year on artists working with land. The first part of the semester, leading into mid-Decemebr will consist mostly of…
Independent Study beginnings
ART*LIFE: nature.body.community; Intentions are clarifying around my theme for the paper now, as I consider my motivations for my performative/visual art. For the last year, I've been driven to bridge mediums in my art practice as I explore a way…