…in London’s Kennsington Park designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei – where I made my way for a quick visit this morning before the 11am opening of the Sundown Schoolhouse of Queer Home Ec at the Hayward – is one of my favorites yet, modestly nestled into the landscape, a warm welcoming ..
…along with a few of their students popped their heads into the Sundown Schoolhouse of Queer Home Economics dome this afternoon, sharing their queer energy and outfits, here at the Hayward Gallery where they are leading “Teach Us Everywhere” down the hall. (thei..
…at long last – having grown up surrounded by that familiar activity with knitting aunts and grandmother, a knitting mom who knit us sweaters and afghans, and a knitting sister who’ll make me an occasional hat or scarf in shocking colors when I’m lucky – was the highlight of the day at the Sundown Schoolhouse ..
…or Sundown Schoolhouse of Queer Home Economics on my first day in London-town at the Hayward Gallery – where I am excited to see our new bright white canvas geodesic dome HQ nicely positioned over the pixelated layout of stacked pallets forming a complex conversation pit which I had sketched up weeks ago, expertly installed ..
…circling over the city in a typical Heathrow holding pattern gives me a nice shot of the Thames and a quick tour of my destinations for the the week…starting with the Hayward Gallery rooftop for Sundown Schoolhouse of Quee..
…hilltop overlook near my temporary home at Blood Mountain Foundation on my way back from a little Hungarian yoga makes me fee..
…was a last minute inspiration this morning while in residence for the week at the hospitable and innovative Blood Mountain Foundation (smartly founded and graciously run by Hungarian-Aussie Jade Niklai and Aussie Tom Sloan – though presided over by their precious two year old Pepper) commissioners and producers of Edible Estate #12: Budapest, planted last ..
…is first continental rug in the series of crocheted cast-off clothes and linens that will travel from show to show, city to city around the continent for years to come, continually expanding, collectively crocheted as it is exhibited – today at Blood Mountain Foundation in Budpest, next week at the Hayward Gallery in London, then ..
…on day #2, a hot blazing sunny afternoon requiring speedy watering as soon as roost hit the ground and then paths were covered by a think layer of free wood chips and rough compost usually disposed of by the local sanitation department, and better still, bags and bags of free fertile black gold mushroom growing ..
…the name for ‘the old Transylvanian tradition of the whole village getting together to do a job, usually building a house but can be other things as well’ which I learned from a landscape architect friend here in Budapest, perfectly describes the collective frenzied focused gardening activity on day 1 of 2 planting Edible Estates ..
…to plant a visible kitchen garden in Wekerletelep (or Wekerle Estate, the early 20th century planned utopian Garden City inspired Budapest community actually engineered for residents to grow their own food and where tomorrow we will start planting Edible Estate #12 – which has just received a significant grant from the Graham Foundation and is ..
…was the order of the day as we prepare for a weekend planting of Edible Estates #12: Budapest in Wekerletelep – so I sketched away the morning on garden diagrams and plans in preparation for an evening meeting with the family at their home, and then spent the afternoon at an organic (an unusual and ..
…of the Sundown Schoolhouse of Queer Home Economics is under way on the rooftop terrace, featuring a sliver view of Big Ben, where I have dropped by for a quick meeting on my way from Liverpool to Budapest to discuss design and details of the geodesic dome-topped platform that will be our HQ for a month starting ..
…was a quick welcome sight after hot days moving dirt and planning for tomorrow’s planting of the Foraging Spiral &..
…my project for the Liverpool Biennial, started this morning with a digger rolling over the bowl of Everton Park – first opening up a hole in the ground for a team of collaborating National Museums Liverpool archeologists searching for the remains of St. Benedict’s Church previously standing at the entry to the garden site (which ..
…is looming out my window catching the last late mid-summers night light around 9:45pm after a long trip and then long first day in town beginning work on the Liverpool Biennial project “Everton People’s Park: Phase I Experiments & Expeditio..
…is the title of the 2011 book by Andrea Wulf I am just finishing, engrossed in the stories of gardening maniacs Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Adams, and how that passion formed t..
…The Story of the Angeles National Forest‘ is the title of this charming 48-page booklet by W.W. Robinson and illustrated by Irene Robinson, published by the Title Insurance and Trust Company in 1946, which I picked up after seeing it prominently displayed at my new favorite neighborhood bookstore – Alias Books East in Atwater Village, ..
…the Italian architecture journal has a new issue that just arrived in the mail on growing food in the city featuring some pages on Edible Estates, plus a lot of gardening compatriot friends like Amale Androas and Dan wood of Work AC, James Corner of Field Operations, Heather Ring of Wayward Plants, Eric Sanderson of ..
…is the rare event that came to us here in LA late this afternoon from 5:24 until 7:42, peaking at 6:48, so up on the deck I arranged my hands in the NASA-recommended finger formation of a waffle to see the eclipse play itself out, projected in eight little solar eclipses on the blue dome ..
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