Pelt

Pelt:

wheat grass, 20 x 60 x 45 inches

Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research?

From the August 2009 Scientific American Magazine | 4 comments

Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research

Monsanto Machine

GMO corn and soybeans, repurposed commercial products

ChiaCurtain Final

Mature Stage of ChiaCuratin

ChiaCurtain Redux

After adding a second crop of chia, I have now taken off the germination face.

The machine now returns water back to the reservoir for reuse through an additional pump....no leaks!

Aquaduct

Aquaduct: Grown from repurposed air conditioner pans from the roof of the Box Space.

Dimensions: 42 x 126 x 8 inches

Rope Trick

Rope Trick: chia, woven fabric rope

ChiaCurtain

ChiaCurtain is now in development....

Undoing

I dismantled a work which required a stronger water pump than I have available. The wandering line was much like a charcoal drawing and activated the space. Removed, the studio is very still and quiet.

Works in Progress

I now have full use of the space and am treating the studio as a laboratory for plant based works and experiments.

Mel Chin's Revival Field

Revival Field is my favorite work by Mel Chin.

http://www.satorimedia.com/fmraWeb/chin.htm

Studio and Germination

I have been in residence since June 21st and the studio will be free of construction in a few days. I am looking forward to beginning my usual site responsive installations.

J.

Additional Influences

Portable Fish Farm: Survival Piece #3, 1971, by the Harrisons.

If I were to chooses just one influence besides my personal experience of Hurricane Katrina, I would easily say the early works of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison.

Among the leading pioneers of the eco-art movement, the collaborative team of Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison (often referred to simply as "the Harrisons") have worked for almost forty years with biologists, ecologists, architects, urban planners and other artists to initiate collaborative dialogues to uncover ideas and solutions which support biodiversity and community development.

http://www.theharrisonstudio.net/index.html

Intervention and Art

Pictured --The Rev. Billy in Action

There have been a few questions about my interventionist practice so please follow these links for a primer.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_intervention

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming

http://www.revbilly.com/

http://www.theyesmen.org/

J.