Kenyan Roses for the Kingdom
byDuring a residency in London in 2019, I developed a research and artistic project around the cut rose industry in Kenya. This was linked…
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Cereal
byOnce, more than 10,000 years ago, Triticum – cereal – was a wild-growing genus with many varieties. Due to their nutritious grains, some of…
Holding Hands with the Land
byThey mix, knead, pour, roll, and pinch off hidden tastes. They leave streaks of butter on my glasses or fingerprints of flour on my…
To Dig a Hole (You Create a Heap)
byHere’s a joke… Question: Who made money during the Gold Rush? Answer: The ones who sold the shovels. “You were asked…
Enemy of the State
byBotanical illustrations of the early modern period (1550-1800), the “big science” of their day, served as documentation of useful plants found in colonial territories….
Revisiting a Geography of Hope
byTo be a farmer, at any point in history, means you grow food. You steward the land – soil, water, air, energy, plants, and…
Fields of Knowing
byOrientation First, know food From food All things are born By food they live Toward food they move And into food they return…
Landscape Amnesia
byAs the last horse trailer passes you by on the potholed road you take an exit. Across a green pasture you park the car….
Rural Art is…
byThis is an extract from Myvillages, ‘Rural Art Is…’, in The Rural, eds. Kathrin Böhm and Wapke Feenstra (London: Whitechapel Gallery/Cambridge, MA: The MIT…
Editorial: Fields
byIn May 1982, American artist Agnes Denes began to transform a two acre empty plot at the foot of the World Trade Center into…
Open Call: Fields
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