June 11, 2009
June 8, 2009
Disasters
June 4, 2009
We must learn to hope in the absence of an expectation of progress
June 3, 2009
Absence+Expectation+Of+Progress+We+Must+Learn+In the+To+Hope+Of an
Now the words will loose their independence and become part of english syntax and it's author intention: a new continent, so to speak.
We will try, in the next few days, to make a graphic composition of the entire sentence using images from our trip. We have already a recomposition of the songline map in the right order...
May 31, 2009
OF AN
May 30, 2009
HOPE
May 26, 2009
TO
May 25, 2009
IN THE (RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME)
May 24, 2009
LEARN . THINGS THAT (DON'T) HAPPEN AGAIN
May 19, 2009
FACADE
Façade is an attempt to foster a dialogue between nature and culture, and the fictional, inflated value that we place upon beauty and permanence. By removing pearls from their ordinary context their relevance is put into question. Displaced, these naturally decomposing forms will become nothing more than a façade of what they once were, acknowledging that the cyclical force of nature renders everything obsolete. The conception of Façade derives in part from the seminal interventions in the land previously initiated by artists of the 1960s and 70s, including Robert Smithson, Agnes Denes, James Turell, and Walter de Maria to name a few.
The Façade pearls are made of mud and grass seed; they appear opalescent like a pearl. In agricultural terms, each pearl could also be known as a giant seed ball. Farmers typically use seed balls to distribute seeds, which are encased in a mixture of clay or compost, and are placed on the soil’s surface. As the mud ball decomposes the seeds find their way safely to the soil. This planting method has been used for centuries and is especially useful in dry and arid climates.
The seeds will produce grass, growing on, in, and around the remains of the decomposed pearl. The actual rate of decomposition of the pearls will vary depending on the heat, rain, and the interventions of small and large animals. It is a natural progression, earth to earth, or in this case, sea to earth. The pearls, from oysters that live in the sea, sprout grasses that will live in the high desert.