WORKSHOP in HORT DE LA XINESCA
SUMMER SCHOOL
abril 30, 2024WORKSHOP in HORTES DE BAIX
mayo 24, 2024ACTIVITIES
8 June, 2024
L'Hort de la Xinesca, Cases De Camp Nº 49 - 08340 - Vilassar De Mar
ABOUT
The Shared Botanics And Collaborative Creative Workshop at L'Hort de la Xinesca involved local, small-scale consumers and growers—people interested in gardening and the use of local urban gardens in the city. The goal was to create a temporary and participatory space where citizens who grow for their own consumption exchange knowledge with specialists in artistic creation and ethnobotany, thereby fostering the growth of shared knowledge.
The workshop raised botanical, ethnobotanical, social, cultural, and artistic questions. It demonstrated how creativity enhances ecological awareness, promotes sustainable cultivation, and prioritizes quality over quantity and over-consumption.
This workshop was led by artist, Jo Milne, and professors Joan Vallés and Teresa Garnatje from the Institut Botànic de Barcelona.
Curated by Eva Figueras and Mar Redondo from the University of Barcelona.
DURATION: from 9 AM to 3 PM, with a coffee break.
During the workshop, the urban garden became a space for creation.
Artist Jo Milne taught participants the cyanotype photographic technique, allowing them to create camera-less photographs of gardens and botanical specimens.
The participants' experiments will contribute to a communal work of art.
An audiovisual recording was made to document the workshop process.
Afterwards, Universitat de Barcelona will organize an exhibition showcasing the results of the workshop, including the collaborative artwork, audiovisual recording, photographs, botanical cards, and booklets.
WHAT DID WE DO?
We gathered in the orchards to share knowledge and traditions. Using the local produce, we created a community herbarium with photograms (photographic negatives) of the plants, celebrating the flora of the orchards and villages. This became a communal breviary of the orchard and its vicissitudes.
The artist Jo Milne guided us through the cyanotype process. The workshop consited of three parts:
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Welcome and dialogue to share knowledge and traditions about the plants we cultivate.
· Brief introduction to the cyanotype photographic process. -
Participants take photographs to create a folk herbarium.
