On The Time To Talk About It
The time to discuss it, bounce it off other people and listen to their responses. Justine is an artist in residence here too, he’s a playwright, completing a commissioned play on the life of Charles Darwin and the legacy of his discoveries all the way to nowadays genetic bio-engineering. How interesting you find those conversations […]
On Camphor Laurel and the need to preserve it
Yesterday you got lost on the island. The expanse of the river-deposited sand dune confused you. Although, through the meandering on the thickly growing vegetation (mainly Casuarina and Lantana), you found a beautiful tree. This is the first time you spot a Camphor Laurel in Bundanon. This particular one was big, healthy and fruiting. No […]
German Weedy Connection!
Two artists from Germany are in Sydney at the moment. A common friend made you aware of their work. They are the most post-victorian (see below) artists you know at the moment, even worse then yourself. Their project consist of humorously follow the steps of early colonial botanists in this country, with the aim of […]
Second Studio Visit, and the Reason Why You Do This
Second Studio visit, this time the students from Stella Maris High School. You talked about weeds and how this investigation of yours fit within the charta of the Artist in Residence Program of Bundanon. You talked and it was surprising how easy it was to present the idea. No opposition. No difficult questions. It always […]
Weed legislation in NSW
New South Wales Relevant legislation The relevant legislation is the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (NWA). The NWA was reviewed and amended with the changes coming into force on 1 March 2006. The NWA is administered by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, with Local Control Authorities (LCAs) responsible for implementing the Act on […]
I have to blog this comment
I have been extremely busy lately so that this blog didn’t had a post for the past 2 weeks, in the mean time though a comment came thru from Ian Andrews. I met Ian a couple of months back at a party and we had a very interesting conversation about the Natural Sequence Farming concept […]
About Weeds and Evolution
Mick found this article. Very interesting the fact that scientist acknowledge the strive of nature to overcome human’s destructive habits. The subject of this experiment is the Field Mustard or Wild Turnip (Brassica Rapa) Weeds signal evolution explosion Fast-growing weeds have evolved over a few generations to adapt to climate change and that might lead […]
new upload
I’ve just uploaded on Youtube an old video of mine, shot on vhs and analog edited. i’m posting it here as it was somewhat the starting point for my artistic investigation on botanical reality/uneasiness. the footage was recorded in an abandoned garden in western sydney, overgrown with lantana and oleander bushes.
The Smell of BushFires and SubTropical Sydney
I’m back! i’m back in a city where the morning start with tropical rain, while last night you could smell the not-so distant bushfires. I have so much to write, starting with a post on resolutions: 4 months on this blog writing about found material, is it working for me? resolutions: -start to come out>>>by […]
An introduction to Noxious Weeds
“Although native plants and animals had supported the needs of Australian Aborigines for food and clothing over thousands of years, the first European settlers found the Australian flora and fauna particularly unsuited for their purposes. There were no native plants related to the cereals such as wheat, oats, barley and rice; no obviously edible fruit […]
