Thursday 3 December 2015
Plant Sentience and Stevie Wonder: The secret life of plants (1979)
With a experimental-funk Stevie Wonder soundtrack, this documentary is based on the 1973 book of the same name. 'The Secret life of Plants' explores way-out concepts and entertaining pseudo-science such as plant sentience (plants can feel, man!) orgone accumulation (plants can focus energy, man!) and plant emotions. Yes, plant emotions. Great timelapse photography and the film's interesting alternative take on our green leafy friends make this worth a watch.
Was Roald Dahl onto something when he wrote 'The Sound Machine'?
His 1949 tale of a man who invents a machine that can hear roses shreiking as they're cut and trees groaning as they're felled?
Was Roald Dahl onto something when he wrote 'The Sound Machine'?
His 1949 tale of a man who invents a machine that can hear roses shreiking as they're cut and trees groaning as they're felled?
Royal Academy of the Arts: Urban Gardening
An interesting looking event happening on the 27th Feb:
'CONTEMPORARY URBAN GARDENING - Provocations in art'
Artist Wendy Shilliam's rooftop veg plot
From the RA website:
Chaired by journalist and horticulturist Alys Fowler, this event will explore the subversive and exciting work of guerrilla gardener and author Richard Reynolds, forager John Rensten and artist Wendy Shillam.
Panellists include:
• Gardener Wendy Shillam, currently undertaking a project in cultivating a 5m x 6m rooftop garden on top of her Central London home, containing thriving organic fruits and vegetables.
• Forager and founder of Forage London, John Rensten, studies wild food and leads city foraging walks in urban green spaces.
• Guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds, whose record of illicit cultivation began in 2004. His website is now a hub for those who cultivate land as guerrilla gardeners.
'CONTEMPORARY URBAN GARDENING - Provocations in art'
Artist Wendy Shilliam's rooftop veg plot
From the RA website:
Join us for a panel event exploring the current state and future potential of contemporary urban gardening.
Chaired by journalist and horticulturist Alys Fowler, this event will explore the subversive and exciting work of guerrilla gardener and author Richard Reynolds, forager John Rensten and artist Wendy Shillam.
Panellists include:
• Gardener Wendy Shillam, currently undertaking a project in cultivating a 5m x 6m rooftop garden on top of her Central London home, containing thriving organic fruits and vegetables.
• Forager and founder of Forage London, John Rensten, studies wild food and leads city foraging walks in urban green spaces.
• Guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds, whose record of illicit cultivation began in 2004. His website is now a hub for those who cultivate land as guerrilla gardeners.
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