On January 8th 2014, THE YOEMAN’S PROJECT…
…is a fascinating show by artists Ian Milliss and Lucas Ihlein about the innovative Australian farmer/inventor which I was so happy to stumble upon in the lower level project…
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On July 2nd, 2012, TREBBIATURA DINNER…
…is the annual traditional meal here at Pollinaria farm when all of the grain harvest workers involved in the two-day operation on these hundred acres gather with their family for a…
On April 24th, 2012, GRIDED PLAINS…
…of Midwestern monoculture are giving me something to look at and think about while anticipating a return to L.A. home at long last.
On February 17th, 2012, PESCARA’S MUSEO DELLA GENTI D’ABRUZZO…
…(the Museum of the People of Abruzzo) which engagingly presents the rich essence of Abruzzian domestic culture, the stories and related materials of how people have survived and…
On September 2nd, 2011, PUGLIA’S TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TYPES…
…are what have drawn me to this place more than anything, such as the dry-stone conical domes of the trulli, modest shelters or residences found mostly in the…
On September 1st, 2011, A MASSERIA (WITH FRANTOIO IPOGEO)…
…is something I have had an intense architectural crush on since first reading about them last year (a fortified farmhouse unique to Puglia, often with a series of…
On August 27th, 2011, THE SALENTO WATERMELON HARVEST…
…never happened this year since it would cost the farmers more to harvest them than they could then sell them for – leading to some sad but beautiful…
On July 30th, 2011, THE SAINT PAUL FARMERS MARKET…
…was founded in 1853 back when streets where dirt in these parts and has since been relocated a few times before landing at it’s current downtown location which…
On July 20th, 2011, TREVIGNANO ROMANO…
…is the village overlooking Lake Bracciano north of Rome where we traveled this afternoon to interview Massimo at Agriturismo Acquaranda, for the Roma Mangia Roma book, to hear…
On June 17th, 2011, AGRICOLA CORNELIA…
…the storied piece of hilly agricultural land within a nature reserve, north of town, off the Via Cassia, and just outside of the Grande Raccordo Anulare, is where…
On June 16th, 2011, STALKING PUGLIA…
…is what I have been up to (as any Italian friend who I have bored with endless Puglia talk and questions over the past six months knows well),…
On May 15th, 2011, WEALTH UNDERGROUND FARM…
…hosted a conversation about art & agriculture this afternoon, with Danny Percich, Tim Donovan, Harrell Fletcher, and myself, as part of the Open Engagement conference, on their Portland…
On April 13th, 2011, TUSCAN PLASTIC CROP COVERS…
…(for strawberries?) are the cool shocking shiny surfaces wrapping parts of the rolling spring green surfaces of southern Tuscan landscapes as viewed from my very slow one car…
On March 22nd, 2011, SEASIDE TERRACED FARMING IN PRAIANO…
…where I am staying for a few days (at a friend’s stunning collection of big farmed ocean view terraces accommodating a variety of little white houses dating from…
On March 21st, 2011, ‘HOW TO IMAGINE: A NARRATIVE ON ART, AGRICULTURE AND CREATIVITY’…
…is the 1984 book of musings (as recounted to and translated by Henry Martin) by Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello (b. 1924) who in 1973 decamped to a modest…
On March 19th, 2011, CASTEL SAN PIETRO…
…is the tiny hill town an hour north of Rome near Poggio Mirteto where I am lucky enough to be at a friend’s place for the weekend –…
On November 17th, 2010, BRACKET ISSUE #1 ‘ON FARMING’…
…is the premiere issue of the journal published by the Barcelona based architecture imprint Actar which has its release today at the University of Toronto, where I visited…
On October 30th, 2010, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO VINEYARDS…
…are on fire right now in the most spectacular spectrum of shades from bright yellows to gaudy pinks and deep magentas which are also all to be found…
On September 28th, 2010, LES JARDINS FRUITIERS DE LAQUENEXY…
…just outside of Metz, France is where I headed after landing in nearby Luxembourg – joining a reception that was part of the garden conference I have come…
On July 14th, 2010, CENTRAL PIVOT IRRIGATION…
…as viewed somewhere over Oklahoma on the way to Tulsa this afternoon. (more info)