You know you’re in the right place (macro: nature, CACiS) or in the
wrong place (micro: behind your desk in a room) when a big swallow flies
through your door, makes a lot of noise, inspects the space and decides
to fly out again. I will follow swiftly. To collect more seeds. And
stare at insects. To wander. And let my thoughts fly.
While
collecting as many different seeds as I can every day in order to
capture the natural potential of CACiS in small clay seed balls, I
carry the Cosmos Daydream seeds I
brought here (bought on Amazon) in my pockets so my daydreams can seep
in. Eventually I will make seed balls with Cosmos Bipinnatus Daydream
seeds to be spread out on a walk from CACiS to the city I live in so
they will create a trail of flowering Daydreams. The seed balls formed
with maybe 100 different seeds from plants and trees growing at CACiS
(plus clay from here, rainwater and water from the river) will be spread
in different places by different people. More to come. But first I need
to follow the swallow.
A research by an artist inspired by the ideas of farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. Using ideas as seeds, different media as clay and place as nutrition, to be combined into seed balls that will be spread around in 4 weeks to see what will grow and where. At CACiS, a Centre for Contemporary Art & Sustainability in and around former limestone ovens in the Catalan countryside.
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(scroll down for English text) Een plattegrond van een huis. Mijn thuis. Ik droomde er van toen ik niet terug kon. Hoe ik de voordeur ope...
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Yes, there are deadlines but they are soft ones. Like harvesting some seeds before they have naturally spread. Or exploring the old limes...