Résidence "Wild Herbarium Mapping"
caetaniculturalcentre.org/artist-residencies/fresh-air/sandrine-de-borman/
and Allan Brooks Nature Centre ,
Vernon, British Colombia, Canada
press : http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/386524621.html
Thanks a lot to the wonderfull community for your welcoming !
Thanks to the participants of Walking-talking map-herbarium, to the workshops,
to the portstudio opening , to the talk...and for sharing so many things...
Thanks to the teams of Allan Brooks Nature Centre and Caetani cultural centre,
thanks to WBI
Installation at the vintage Caetani Cultural Centre and National aboriginal day, drums and fiber weaving by Moni, celebration space in Komasket, Okanagan Lake,
First day in the wonderfully openviewing Allan Brooks Nature Centre -
My mascotte, looking all the time at the horizon, on the roof of the atelier
The Caetani Cultural Centre is pleased to welcome to the community Sandrine de Borman, Fresh! AiR artist-in-residence.
In preparation for an upcoming exhibition, de Borman will utilize the “Outdoor Studio” of the Okanagan as an important part of her work, exploring the fields, lakes and mountains surrounding the Allan Brooks Nature Centre to observe and collect native plants, incorporating these into her work.
De Borman believes a good way to maintain biodiversity is to create artwork showing the incredible array of plants in our local habitat. Walking in a wild natural place is part of a “geopoetic” approach which is in connection with “La Traversée, atelier Quebecois de géopoétique”.
De Borman’s exhibition will be in the form of a “Diary of Botanic Travel”. This features a new concept of “map-herbarium”, an intersection between geography, botanic art, and research. During her stay, de Borman wishes to provide artistic maps of the area with herbarium and words of persons she is walking with. Using the local and Latin names, de Borman’s art will pay special attention to the Okanagan’s native plants and their traditional and remedial uses. In her work, de Borman will print plants on a map drawn on used cloths using the “tataki-zomé” technique. This consists of hammering the fresh plants so that the sap of the plant dyes the fabric, thereby producing precisely the shape of the plant.
This map-herbarium will be shown in an exhibition and can be used to encourage visitors to observe the wild plants of the local trails.
In preparation for an upcoming exhibition, de Borman will utilize the “Outdoor Studio” of the Okanagan as an important part of her work, exploring the fields, lakes and mountains surrounding the Allan Brooks Nature Centre to observe and collect native plants, incorporating these into her work.
De Borman believes a good way to maintain biodiversity is to create artwork showing the incredible array of plants in our local habitat. Walking in a wild natural place is part of a “geopoetic” approach which is in connection with “La Traversée, atelier Quebecois de géopoétique”.
De Borman’s exhibition will be in the form of a “Diary of Botanic Travel”. This features a new concept of “map-herbarium”, an intersection between geography, botanic art, and research. During her stay, de Borman wishes to provide artistic maps of the area with herbarium and words of persons she is walking with. Using the local and Latin names, de Borman’s art will pay special attention to the Okanagan’s native plants and their traditional and remedial uses. In her work, de Borman will print plants on a map drawn on used cloths using the “tataki-zomé” technique. This consists of hammering the fresh plants so that the sap of the plant dyes the fabric, thereby producing precisely the shape of the plant.
This map-herbarium will be shown in an exhibition and can be used to encourage visitors to observe the wild plants of the local trails.
bundles and tataki-zomé
Ecriture et tataki-zomé le long des rails dans Vernon, avec Roxanne Lajoie, Walking-talking Map-herbarium in situ
lire Vernon, ses "sewers"...et l'écrire avec d'autres feuilles
Views from Silver star and Allan Brooks nature centre
Kalamalka lake,
Walking talking map herbarium with Linda Sellers, North Okanagan Naturalists Club, and with Mary Kelly, writer - Thanks !
Walking talking map herbarium with Linda Sellers, North Okanagan Naturalists Club, and with Mary Kelly, writer - Thanks !
Thanks also to Akira Hanson, Eli Pivnik, the belgian Norbert Maertens, Britta Fluevog, Mariko McDougall for sharing a Walking-talking Map-herbarium !
Talk in Allan Brooks Nature Centre
