MASTER PROJECT SPRING 1-Process/Idea
THOUGHTS
- a series of interventions, installations and collaborations
- seed walk?
- making seed bags hanging from a tree? seed bags are made from textile and printed with natural dye form plants harvested in Losæter?
- leaving it for a time then planting the seed in the future?
- related to the memories and stories from the areas around Losæter?
- storytelling related to the stories of the area and the seeds they’re using?
- seed bags are made by the participants? which are then kept and turned into the thing used to mark the location of the seed once it is planted?
- stories of the past? and the present? or do we get together to imagine future stories?
- stories also from humans and different-from-humans.
- take the stories and interpret them visually, or make new ones intertwined with today’s stories? and what are those stories? how do I bring this forward?
- is the master project the documenting of the workshops? final exhibition idea? or the idea for production?
IMPORTANT: Timeline of the series of workshops/interventions
- first workshops: where people from area are invited to pick a story that I found in arkivet (how many groups are we talking?), (is this storytelling with Marie something to do with local plants? since these stories are also included?) where they can start imagining how to visualize the story? add the harvesting of plants/flowers for natural dyes/pigments?
- second workshops: visualization of the stories (on little pre-made textile seed bags? or something else? carboard box? what do they look like (bookmark-size, with a window? research into storage of seeds!)? using natural inks/pigments/dyes from harvested plants? involve Anastasia from textiles? somehow?this is where they get their seed? do they get to choose their seed? seed=the story they picked. this will be planted in memory of the person/animal/plant of the story. once finished and dried, hang them from a tree (which tree? any particular reason? or seed walk of where the seeds will be planted? OBS: whatever is hanging needs to be able to bear the climate!! will hang up for the summer or a few weeks?) while the things are drying: start thinking of their own story, and how they want to be remembered in the future (this will be part of the third workshop)
- third workshop: planting of the seeds (where?), the textile bag is then turned into a plaque or something, to mark where the seed will grow, and so they can come back to it in the future to check on their seed. final part is to write out/record the story of how they want to be remembered in the future. this will be published into a little book (together with the ‘ancestor’ story they picked?) which will be sent out/that they can pick up somewhere? like a final exhibition of the whole process? maybe with some pictures of them doing the workshops or something? as a way to remember what they were part of?
- research seeds, old seeds, ancient varieties of seeds, what do I need to know about seeds? how they’re made and grow? how they are stored and can be stored? how do the old varieties vary from the commercial ones in terms of properties (need to be stored differently etc...) CALL THE SEED GUY
- oslo by arkivet: look at the history and stories form the places around Losæter? recounts from people working in the area in the past, what sort of work was there in Sørenga and surroundings? and how far back in history do I want to go? look at maps of the area over time to see how the landscape has changed?
- walk around Losæter and map out the green areas then imagine ways to tell their stories?
- talk to urban farmer at Losæter about seeds and planting of new seeds in their space? and hanging little textile/mini cardboard boxes from trees? what else? the soil, where is it good to plant etc...)
- map out the timeline of the inter-galactic forests project as an example of timelines, any other projects to map out?
TO THINK OF:
- are people really going to come/commit to three/four workshops over time? talk to future farmers about this?
- documenting of the workshops? to be used in one final exhibition somewhere? where people can get their little book?