One small step toward a fruiting forest for me, a tiny sprout for 33 walnuts First, a bag of NZ-grown walnuts, then four days of soaking. wrap in damp paper for a couple of weeks Now occupying the dining room table and waiting to see who will grow a leaf bud.
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the 50th apple tree
the feral apple forest is growing, seeds have sprouted, grown into tiny trees then bigger trees. and now into the ground with their older siblings concept drawing of long-term plan for feral apple forest: tree + apples
Smudging the perimeter
Autumn: time for endings and looking toward new beginnings. Time for clearing lingering energies from a sad past. Smudging the perimeters of the Cohab Lab with family and friends, sage and tea tree. Photographs courtesy of Brittany Sutherland. and burning the remains of the dog pens and horse yards.
Cohabitation Collaboration
In August 2021, we (Jill Sorensen and Mark van Wetering) bought a 3.5h piece of land in Raurimu, on the northern foothills of Ruapehu. It is four hours south of Auckland, and 589 metres above sea level. This somewhat unkempt combination of pasture, a creek, trees, and blackberry will be the site for an evolvingContinue reading “Cohabitation Collaboration”
rumours of rain
my plants are telling me they need water, Watercare is telling me I cannot use the garden hose. what to do? catch as much rain as possible. after the water tank fills from the diverter – the black hose – the rain will flow into my garden. 3. make a shower siphon basin
in my alternative reality hut
join me on zoom to meet the neigbours at 8pm https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2382797999
planning your Alternative Reality Hut: who, how, where
Building an alternative reality hut should be undertaken as an imagination experiment. Imagine for a moment that things are real in the same way that you and I are real. Imagine that they have an actual, material existence that only partially coincides with our experience of them. Pretend for a moment that objects have materialContinue reading “planning your Alternative Reality Hut: who, how, where”
DIY alternative reality Hut: a participatory art-structure for customising post-normal living.
THE PROJECT: Wednesday 22 – Monday 27 April Follow on Instagram for step-by-step guidelines on how to customise your lockdown zone into a smaller but more friendly Alternative Reality Hut. Share handy hints on ways in which you might reconfigure the things (objects, materials, furniture and other stuff) with whom you share your covid19 bubble.Continue reading “DIY alternative reality Hut: a participatory art-structure for customising post-normal living.”
DIY Alternative Reality Hut: fabulous places, speculative imaginings
How can we playfully inhabit this hiatus in the everyday? What liberties of childlike curiosity and questioning can this moment of confinement offer? DIY alternative reality Hut is a participatory art-structure for playful and thoughtful engagement with the last week of level four lockdown in Aotearoa. Over this week, 22 – 27 I will beContinue reading “DIY Alternative Reality Hut: fabulous places, speculative imaginings”
Dwelling with Oak tree
The Oaktree is old, some of his branches end in stumps but others stretch out wide, forming a canopy under which walkers, dogs, cyclists, runners, pheasants and rabbits pass by. The Oakley Creek walkway brushes up against his truck, cutting between him and his companion who stands a few meters closer to the creek. I […]
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