As part of our contribution to the Uniarts Helsinki’s fourth Research Pavilion we set up an Open Forest installation in Hietsun Paviljonki during summer 2021. For a week we hang up in Hietaniemi beach pavilion and receive visitors in our corner of the room. We collected forest stories, introduced the main ideas regarding the project… Continue reading Open Forest @ the 4th research pavilion
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Events, publications, news and whereabouts.Walking with an urban forest in Melbourne
The Melbourne urban forest is a complex ecosystem of more than 70,000 trees each with unique IDs that provides a peculiar context for inquiry into open and alternative forest data. The Melbourne walks (May 2021) were guided by a set of dérives, developed through three co-creative workshops with participants of diverse backgrounds, and inspired by… Continue reading Walking with an urban forest in Melbourne
Open forest @ the ABlock
The first instantiation of the Open Forest has been planted in an empty retail space at ABloc (Espoo, Finland), as part of a collaboration with CreaTures research project. The Collective will work for six months (November 2020 – April 2021) interviewing various forest stakeholders including passers by, forestry researchers, tree physiologists, artists, and forest data… Continue reading Open forest @ the ABlock