Garden_Networks

Festival der Regionen 2023

Nikola Brabcová / Michal Klodner / Karin Šrubařová

Root Laboratories: based on do-it-yourself chromatographic analyses with microscopes, participants explored the qualities of the soil of the workshop‘s location and used it to create natural pigments.

Sun, 25.06 | 11:00 – 13:00

Workshop by Node9

Stadtgraben Freistadt

Sat, 01.07 | 13:00 – 15:00

Workshop and Reading Club by Node9

Campingwiese Gallneukirchen


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close your eyes

and imagine

yourself as a little plant sprouting in the moist soil

the roots of your feet finding their way through the soil down

to the center of the Earth

taking in water and nutrients

the soil around you is soft and protects you

it’s full of minerals and other organisms

connecting you to other beings

your stem grows towards the sky

you feel the space that is beginning to form inside you

and it’s filling up with movement

it brings forth sap

leaves are developing

each new leaf is lighter and lighter

you see them at their widest stretching out far and wide

absorbing light and making shade

you assimilate sunlight into carbon and transport it to the roots

where it mineralizes and dies and becomes coal and oil

finally you form a blossom

shining with colors

fragile forms

the world becomes a process

smell

you’re content with what’s around you

you respond to your environment

you feel yourself in connection with others

you feel their connection

the flow of air

humidity

sounds

insects are part of you

you are slowness

you take over the silence

you are an organ of the Earth

you become an animal

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