microclimates workshop goes off

Nick and Kirsten have just finished off a workshop called Microclimates for the Taranaki Youth Festival in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. It was a one day affair, with much making and getting mucky with moss, clay, LED lights, various tree-seedlings and various found objects, and much discussing of site-specific art in all its forms. microclimate by Nick, King St. After a truncated explaination of cicada, we dived into a little overview of street art and site-specific installation which works with urban environments in transient ways... just that thing of working with what you've got, both in terms of available materials and the built environment, and simple ways of having fun and interacting with yr local block. We discussed community ownership of public space, how street art functions as an ongoing dialogue amoung residents of a site, and different ways of reclaiming space for periods of time... a couple of examples: good ol' graffiti research lab we only come out at night richard the - particularly the parasite project sam3 - particularly his crash trash animation the infatiguable mark jenkins unendingly inspirational wooster collective site, plus a good interview Karolina Sobecka - wildlife project and lastly, reverse graffiti following this barrage of information, we all trekked down King St to decide on our chosen sites. then we got messy and made many things. workshop materials kathryn and tayla in process a completed microclimate, ready for installation Darelle installing one of her microclimates, Huatoki Lane microclimate by Kathryn, King St. another microclimate by Kathryn, Huatoki Lane microclimate by Nick, Brougham St the final climax of the workshop was bringing a posse of 25 people back at night following a talk by Rhana Devonport at the Govett-Brewster about New Nature, to explore the microclimates in their nocturnal habitats... microclimate by Kathryn, King St microclimate by Darelle, King St microclimate by Kirsten, Huatoki Lane microclimate by Nick, Huatoki Lane

 

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