Book

Grow : DIY manual / editor: Holly Schmidt ; contributors: Barbara Cole, Randy Lee Cutler, Alexander McNaughton, Magnolia Pauker ; illustrations: Holly Schmidt.

Schmidt, Holly, (editor,, illustrator.). Cole, Barbara, (author.). Cutler, Randy Lee, (author.). McNaughton, Alexander, (author.). Pauker, Magnolia, (author.).

Summary:

"The range of Holly Schmidt's Grow (DIY) projects and this publication extend the composition and cross breeding of homespun agency and the acquisition of new skill sets to their creative-recreational-economic-expressive-quotidian potential. Part performance art, part sculpture, part image-making, part social practice and still unnamed forms of emergent processes, the various elements in this contemporary almanac celebrate the independent gestures and communal initiatives even as they underscore our relations with all living entities, whether animal, vegetable or mineral. As Schmidt suggests these pages record the projects but also set out new trajectories for daily practice"--page 7.

Record details

ISBN: 9780986681929
Physical Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm
Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Other Sights for Artists' Projects, [2014]
Manufacturer: Vancouver, BC : Publication Studio
Copyright: ©2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108).

Formatted Contents Note:

Informal communities: celestial, terrestrial and subterranean movements -- Spring -- Framing -- Spring edibles -- Spring salad -- DIY project #1: compostable container -- DIY project #2: portable container -- Garden -- Summer -- Research -- Summer edibles -- Summer recipe -- DIY project #3: vertical container -- Currency -- Fall -- Inhabiting -- Fall edibles -- Fall recipe -- DIY project #4: compostable container -- Negotiations -- Winter -- The wind and the sun -- Winter edibles -- Winter recipes -- DIY project #5: seed exchange -- Interview.