Fondazione Baruchello
You find yourself ploughing an art-rich soil: Il campo di grano dell’ Agricola Cornelia Spa. 1973 a young, fairly established artist, coming out of the ’60 social upheaval, tired and disillusioned for what came next (the political terrorism years of Italy) bought a farm on the outskirts of Rome. Enough land to have a quite […]
Nature as a glutton
The other day you were at Harold park, in Sydney, surveying the area for a possible tour coming up in August/September. Whilst there you met another artist taking images of wasteland, an interesting man whose interest is more on the resilience of nature, and the beauty of regeneration. We talked and exchanged links and opinions. […]
while you were talking
You gave a talk last week, a the Wildlife in The City forum, part of the Clubhouse at Performance Space and organized by Joni Taylor. For the occasion you presented a mini photo/environmental survey of the area surrounding Carriageworks. You thought it would have been nice while talking about the state of the wildlife in […]
on anniversaries and what it means to keep going
So, this post will be a personal rant, which is no different from the rest of the postings on this blog, yet, this very one comes along as a side stepping exercise. This coming Sunday will be the 10th year you and a bunch of collaborators put on a short film festival: SquatFest. The event […]
on the danger of loosing landmarks
In the 1940’s a farmer north-west of Sydney devised a new way to interact with the landscape in order to minimize the loss of topsoil due to erosion, store water and enhance the ability of the soil to regenerate and keep healthy. The farmer was P.A.Yeoman, and is regarded by many as a pioneer in […]
On Wild Food and Foraging
You found a pubblication distributed via the Free Range Activist Network (FRAW), a loose collection of actions and initiatives with the common goal of improoving living experiences towards a world concerned more with sustainability than economy. Their website is a portal to a number of amazing projects, indicative of the effort of many. Below is […]
Well overdue update, or rather, you went to Mexico
lots of things, out-bursting and spiraling out. Blogging is a pleasure yet a chore in the list, and you find yourself starting documents like this, over and over again, which then (in theory) get copied and pasted online.. Each time is a worthy post, at times more relevant for the italian audience, others (more often […]
Following on previous posting
You found this on this site:
On Mali’s Farmers Discovery of a Weed’s Potential Power
Jason suggested some reading, n you share: KOULIKORO, Mali — When Suleiman Diarra Banani’s brother said that the poisonous black seeds dropping from the seemingly worthless weed that had grown around his family farm for decades could be used to run a generator, or even a car, Mr. Banani did not believe him. When he […]
More fun
Still researching for the current new project, you found City Rain, developed by a brasilian team, the Mother Gaia Studios, it mix the fast-paced decision making inherent to tetris in order to develop a sustainable city. I think what it works in this game is the urgency feeling due to the fast-dropping element, which needs […]
