COFA design student Pruni and researcher Natalie are designing an installation for Live Futures 2020 Festival – that enhances and builds upon the community that already exists.
Focusing on community gardens, and working with livelocal.org.au, the installation is both online and in the real world.
One part of the digital installation is creating a map of community gardens which exist in Sydney. Posting photos to a Flickr interactive map Pruni and Natalie have mapped where community gardens exist in Sydney.
“We are also meeting some of the gardeners and interviewing them so people have the chance to ‘virtually’ meet them,” they explain.
At Live Futures 2020 there will be an installation of fabrics containing seeds and soil. Visitors can take the seedlings home, committing to taking care of their seedling, as well as blogging, taking pictures and uploading videos of their seedling’s progress onto the Live Local site.
“We’d love visitors to share their progress by uploading pics of their seedling/garden over the next 6-12 months.”
The installation is also about connecting community in a way that hasn’t been traditionally connected before: “Another element we are playing around with is the idea of a letterbox badge or door badge in the case of an apartment, that indicates the people inside are open to connecting to their neighbors to exchange resources or ideas.” They explain the idea further: “I guess when thinking about sustainability and permaculture is it about sharing resources … for instance one person may have compost but no worm farm, another may have heaps of worm juice but no garden. It can also be a way of signaling to neighbours that you are friendly and open to community building.”
Natalie and Pruni’s installation will be at Live Futures 2020 on the 15th of August.
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I love this project. It brings together a number of ideas that are changing the world right now. The more a project can tie into future trends, the more chance for success it has.
Can you pick them?
- online and real world interaction strengthens human community-building
- community building in an era that requires community to move to a more sustainable lifestyle.
- Permaculture is a strategic transitional method to a lo-carbon society and economy – and yes it can be more places than your own backyard.
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S6kTlz6Mk4
- user generated content and social media to share knowledge even further.
Any more trends that this great project is picking up on? and so leveraging its power to co-create better futures