Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2021 6:46:02 GMT
This thread opens discussion about the concept of food production in relation to the need for post-2030 sustainability and security of a staple diet.
It begins with 'Seed Journey', an installation selected as one of six finalists in the Artes Mundi 7 exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (2016-17). Seed Journey presented the idea of “rescue” in relation to a project to carry cereal seeds by boat from Scandanavia back to the Middle East where they were first domesticated, The boat 'Christiania' is not only a “slow” and “safe” vessel, but she also connects the ideas of 'exploration' and 'loss' to the new ideas of 'rescue' and 'findings'. The re-tracing of the routes of these seeds and their cultures re-signifies these voyages from the 21st century perspective of having lost our flotation, lost our way on the route of social evolution.. These losses are evident in the political issue of patenting genetic engineered seeds and the global issue of climate change. These are now embedded in the destruction of 4,000 years of human settlement in the warring factions in the Fertile Crescent.
Focussing on Flatbread
The need for a robust and vibrant culture of seed diversity was one of the motivations that led Amy Franceschini and Futurefarmers to establish the Flatbread Society – a collective of farmers, artists, activists, scientists and other people involved in urban food production and preservation of the people’s commons. Since 2012, the group has been working on a permanent art installation which defines a “common” area on the waterfront development of Bjørvika in Oslo, Norway.
The term Installation art categorises innovative works that generate questions rather than being the outcome of crafting aesthetically pleasing objects. The Oslo installation consists of an urban farm, an allotment community, an ancient grain field and a bakehouse for making flatbread. The message is that flatbread can function as a social artefact: an ‘international currency’ to bring diverse cultures, defined by the food they eat, together for the common purpose of creating a culture of conservation.
The S.K.O.M.E.R. Collective
In 2016, Amy Franceschini travelled to Cardiff from Oslo by boat, retracing the migratory journey of seeds, to explore the politics of food production and the countries that our foods originate from. Her legacy was the idea that an installation can apply arts thinking to explain sustainability. In Wales it led to the formation of the S.K.O.M.E.R Collective, linking art with science to demonstrate sustainability knowledge organised to manage environments responsibly.
Inspired by Futurefarmers and the Flatbread Society, the S.K.O.M.E.R Collective online collective is now being developed by International Classrooms On Line to follow the history of breeding and processing cereal crops that enabled the migration of Neolithic farmers from Scandinavia down the West coast of Britain, and now on to the future carbon zero culture of humankind.
It begins with 'Seed Journey', an installation selected as one of six finalists in the Artes Mundi 7 exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (2016-17). Seed Journey presented the idea of “rescue” in relation to a project to carry cereal seeds by boat from Scandanavia back to the Middle East where they were first domesticated, The boat 'Christiania' is not only a “slow” and “safe” vessel, but she also connects the ideas of 'exploration' and 'loss' to the new ideas of 'rescue' and 'findings'. The re-tracing of the routes of these seeds and their cultures re-signifies these voyages from the 21st century perspective of having lost our flotation, lost our way on the route of social evolution.. These losses are evident in the political issue of patenting genetic engineered seeds and the global issue of climate change. These are now embedded in the destruction of 4,000 years of human settlement in the warring factions in the Fertile Crescent.
Focussing on Flatbread
The need for a robust and vibrant culture of seed diversity was one of the motivations that led Amy Franceschini and Futurefarmers to establish the Flatbread Society – a collective of farmers, artists, activists, scientists and other people involved in urban food production and preservation of the people’s commons. Since 2012, the group has been working on a permanent art installation which defines a “common” area on the waterfront development of Bjørvika in Oslo, Norway.
The term Installation art categorises innovative works that generate questions rather than being the outcome of crafting aesthetically pleasing objects. The Oslo installation consists of an urban farm, an allotment community, an ancient grain field and a bakehouse for making flatbread. The message is that flatbread can function as a social artefact: an ‘international currency’ to bring diverse cultures, defined by the food they eat, together for the common purpose of creating a culture of conservation.
The S.K.O.M.E.R. Collective
In 2016, Amy Franceschini travelled to Cardiff from Oslo by boat, retracing the migratory journey of seeds, to explore the politics of food production and the countries that our foods originate from. Her legacy was the idea that an installation can apply arts thinking to explain sustainability. In Wales it led to the formation of the S.K.O.M.E.R Collective, linking art with science to demonstrate sustainability knowledge organised to manage environments responsibly.
Inspired by Futurefarmers and the Flatbread Society, the S.K.O.M.E.R Collective online collective is now being developed by International Classrooms On Line to follow the history of breeding and processing cereal crops that enabled the migration of Neolithic farmers from Scandinavia down the West coast of Britain, and now on to the future carbon zero culture of humankind.