Radical Observation
In close collaboration with artist Debra Solomon, Radical Observation comprises a series of short films, that documents the Amsterdam Zuidoost Food Forest (VBAZO) Community of Praxis teaching themselves to understand and design a 55-hectare public space food forest. The thirteen short films show the VBAZO Community of Praxis conducting the Radical Observation exercises in the food forest.
Radical Observation is a series of exercises developed by Solomon/Urbaniahoeve to teach natural world awareness and ecosystem stewardship. The exercises are intended for anyone preparing to ask design questions about upcoming landscape interventions. The technique focuses attention on processes occurring over time; that is, plants growing throughout the seasons, plant communities wandering through space, and habitats accommodating ever more plant and animal life. Regular practice of the more than 40 exercises yields understanding of ecosystem patterns and rhythms, increasing stewardship knowledge of an area under observation.
Commissioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut for «Who is We?» The Pavilion of the Netherlands at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2021.
Dutch Pavilion, 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2021
RADICAL OBSERVATION
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Commissioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut for «Who is We?» The Pavilion of the Netherlands at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2021.
Produced in close collaboration with:
Renate Nollen/Urbaniahoeve, Heidi Atmopawiro and the Amsterdam Zuidoost Food Forest Community of Praxis.
A project by
Debra Solomon
Films by
Juan Arturo García