On Non-Native Connections With Native Species, and viceversa
So, after much research you can now name the Oxalis you were having for dinner, Oxalis radicosa, a native oxalis. Interesting how you used an old european recipe to prepare the plant, somewhat proving that trans-national ethnobotany is posiible! There are a number of other examples of such relationship with plants, in both ways, migrant […]
The List Again – Common Thornapple (Datura stramonium)
Common Thornapple (Datura stramonium) Origin: Native of the USA and Mexico. Family: Solanaceae. Known Hazards: All members of this genus contain narcotics and are very poisonous, even in small doses. Physical Characteristics: Flowers: Trumpet-shaped and 5-lobed, surrounded at base by sepals 3–5.5 cm long. Flowers summer.Annual herb to 1.5 m high. Leaves 8–36 cm long, […]
The List Goes On 3 – Sheep sorrel, Plantain and Blackberry
Those three findings have been feautured before in older postings. The reader can find Sheep sorrel(Acetosella vulgaris) here, Plantain (Plantago Lanceolata) here and Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) here, while here, here and here is some more information. Those three plants have been some of the first introduced species in Australia, porposely seeded around the continent by […]
The List Goes On 2 – Bamboo
You will keep feautring one by one the plants found in Bundanon. You have written about a few others in previous posts, like Camphor Laurel, Fat Hen, Purslane and Poplars. There will be a brochure produced as a result of this residency, where some of those plants will be introduced. In the mean time The […]
On Dogs And The Human Need To Interfere
You are not allowed dogs in Bundanon. It may seem to your readers that Dogs is a bit of a steer away from the usual subject of your posting. You need to explain it. Need to explain a time when some officials from an animal protection society came to your family farm. They came, assessed […]
The List Goes On
Those are some of the plants you found on the Bundanon grounds, some of them will make it to the brochure and self-guided tour you will leave behind when leaving the residency to other artists. A plant for post, you’ll present them all: Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia Origin: Native to North America Alternative Name(s): False […]
On Culture And Culture
culture / noun 1. Sociology the sum total of ways of living build up by a group of human beings, which is transmitted from one generation to another. 2. a particular state or stage of civilisation, as in the case of certain nation or period: Greek culture. 3. (in popular use) literature and the fine […]
Weed Culture
Done! The show’s ready,will open tomorrow but your readers can have a sneak preview of the gallery’s front window. The image in the monitor is a live feed from a CCTV camera focusing on a pioneering plant in the backyard. While the pot Plant is a Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) and below is a yummy recipe! […]
A Show, as an Artist Should
There is a show coming up, opening on thursday 5 april. It’s the opening show for a brand new gallery in Newtown, Sydney, and you’re part of it. “The space will launch with ‘at the vanishing point …’ 12 artists responding to the phrase with diverse mediums ranging from sound to living organic materials. Opening […]
