This spring/summer 2020, we were planning to a do a mobile residency on the European roads.
But, the virus came …
So, we transformed our confinement into a (stationary) residency in the garden, and worked with and for the public we had
Here a part of our process (April 2020), classified by project. A diary is visible on Instagram in the highlight stories

AGAVE

AGAVE: A ring for an agave

Process: Observing – Collecting – Drawing = A ring for an Agave

AGAVE: Underline the Existing

Agave – What is jewellery? (Bijou = jewel)

EARTH

For the 4 Elements series: Earth

Given the ecological situation we are in, we have two simple options: grow (with the earth) or (continue to) destroy

Process: Exploring option 1 and 2 – drawing

Growing

I choose 2 kinds of seeds:

CALLALOO (Amaranth)- local seeds from previous organic crops >< CUCUMBER – imported hybrid and pre-treated seed which will yield non-fertile seeds

To reach Food Autonomy, in the long run we will have to choose ..

DESTROYING

Process: observing – testing



Dissolution …

Small, repetitive, human actions

To see the other elements of the series (Water/Air/Fire) – click here

Resilience

Process: observing – testing

It doesn’t go always as expected
2nd picture: left – how we expected it will evolved / right: how it really evolved / middle: second test (still in progress)
#FailingIsAlsoLearning