passing on some good writing
Patrick Jones is an artist, permaculturalist and dad from Melbourne. At the moment busy with the setting up of a food forest as part of the incoming show at the MCA, In the Balance, check out the progress here and some more of his writings here. Here you would like to share an article by […]
This is funny
so, you have been bragging about spontaneous flora from a while, and it somewhat feels strange this, but you are now involved in a garden project, www.tending.net, where in collaboration with Lucas Ihlein and anybody else who would like to join in the adventure, are going to somewhat grow things! yes, that’s right, actual seeding, […]
Vite potata
Vite potata, originally uploaded by the weed one. While talking to the local gardener here (il signor Merloni, the most esquisite person), and explaining your background in pretty much a wide spectrum of gardening/farming in orchards and dairy farms, you got entrusted with the task of pruning 3 separate grapes trellis. It is spring here, […]
On passing on someone elses writings
Working in Venice at the moment, assisting Cordeiro+Healy in their contribution to the Biennale. In the occasional spare time you go around looking for ancient trees and secret gardens. In the mean time this article was suggested by Lucas: Becoming native to this large place All around the countryside, growers of various nationalities have been […]
on hanging gardens and other tales
by Underbelly Public Arts Lab and Festival Artists: Makeshift and Nobody Editor: Dylan Behan Mostly filmed by: Dom Santangelo Music: Meem
Luca’s
This postings are a double-blogging exercise. The project’s page is Hanging Garden and Other Tales.. Lucas and Elena with their cactus Mama Cactus On new years eve, 2001, a bunch of us went for a big bike ride around to lots of different parties – in Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, and Glebe. We figured ti was […]
A little Poetry
Found this one by searching blogs around, thought was lovely… Democracy by Ann Zelenka I’ve spaded up a garden But I haven’t planted seeds, This one’s going to be kept Exclusively for weeds – There won’t be distinctions Or uptilted noses, And Queen Anne’s lace is lovelier Than lilies or roses.
Tactical Sound Garden, cultivating sounds in public gardens
This guys from New York have yet another take on the relationship human/landscape. Please read on. Tactical Sound Garden [ TSG ] Toolkit Given the ubiquity of mobile devices and wireless networks, and their proliferation throughout increasingly diverse and sometimes unexpected urban sites, what opportunities – and dilemmas – emerge for the design of public […]
Planetary creator of the Gardens
Landscape designer, essay writer, novelist, creator very inspired of the exposure of the “Planetary Gardenâ€, Gilles Clément is one of the rare artists and French thinkers to have a holistic vision of the unit “ecology + culture.†Gilles Clement An article of Wikipédia, the free encyclopaedia. Gilles Clément, born in Argenton (Indre) in 1943 is […]
