What is it?Robin Wall Kimmerer is a scientist and botanist who is a member of the Potawatomi nation in Northern America. In The Serviceberry, she uses nature, and particularly serviceberries, to discuss how we could move away from scarcity and hoarding of resources, toward something rooted in generosity and gratitude.
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What is it?In this book, 140 artists from across the globe, were invited to share their ideas and visions toward a more equitable future, that invites us to reconnect to our planet Earth.
It includes poems, philosophical essays, artworks, instruction for DIYs, recipes, and so much more, from artists such as Vivienne Westwood, Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic, etc. What is it?This collective of ceramic artists, based in Sweden, creates spaces for artistic interventions and conversations around the origin of clay. Unsure of where their clay in neat plastic bags came from, and intrigued by the gap between clay being seen as handmade, and the reality of a finite material being dug out of the earth, this collective embarked on a journey to understand the complexities of this material better.
They first started in Westerwald area in Germany, one of the most extensive clay deposits in the world, where over 15 different kinds of clay are mined and shipped to the rest of the world. There, the Tontouristen Kollektiv documented their findings, using photos, videos, words and movements to explore the connection between nature and industry. In their upcoming project, they travel to Limoges and Sèvres in France to explore porcelain production. The discovery of usable porcelain mines in the middle of the 18th century in Limoges allowed Sèvres to become one of the major porcelain manufacturers in Europe. |