One place, many views.
Or
"Florentine... no it's not a biscuit!"
I propose the creation of an exhibition. Designed to become an art installation as a provocation.
The theme is "One place, many views".
We don't know the place yet. Tarkine or Upper Florentine.
One of the places nominated for logging which have been identified as high conservation value.
Damien and I want to go there and capture it artistically.
Damien through photography, film and sound.
Me through artworks using a variety of art making processes, and through writing.
I'd like to represent my point of view - what do I value about the forest. Also I'd love to be able to capture other people's views of what is valued about the community/economy/ecology of that area.
When we return I'd like us to create our body of work. Our exhibition representing "One place, many views".
This installation can become a provocation for students. Put yourself in this picture. What do you value? What should be valued and why? Taking multiple perspectives, viewing sustainability in this instance requires consideration of diverse environmental, political, economic and social aspects (using Fien's model of sustainable development.
What are environmental aspects of this place?
What is the political dimension involved?
What is the economic dimension?
What are the social considerations?
An interesting study that I'm looking at to 'tune in' to Tasmania's wilderness area is the campaign from the 80s to stop the damming of the Franklin River.
It's 30 years since the decision to dam the River was overturned as a result of public pressure.
We're looking back at the photographs of Peter Dombrovskis and Olegas Truchanas of the river.
Tonight I'll view the documentary The Last Wild River.
Reading the wikipedia site about the campaign is fascinating - Premiers and governments were overturned, 10,000 people were reported to have marched in the streets of Hobart. The image by Peter Dombrovskis of Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend became the face of the campaign by the Wilderness Society to stop the dam. Voters on the mainland and people from the international community raised their voices in a campaign to stop the bulldozers. The Federal Government under Hawke enacted legislation to halt the project but the Tasmanian Government pushed on even while UNESCO met in Paris to enter the Wild Rivers onto the World Heritage register. It took a High Court decision to finally end the damming of the Franklin River.
Or
"Florentine... no it's not a biscuit!"
I propose the creation of an exhibition. Designed to become an art installation as a provocation.
The theme is "One place, many views".
We don't know the place yet. Tarkine or Upper Florentine.
One of the places nominated for logging which have been identified as high conservation value.
Damien and I want to go there and capture it artistically.
Damien through photography, film and sound.
Me through artworks using a variety of art making processes, and through writing.
I'd like to represent my point of view - what do I value about the forest. Also I'd love to be able to capture other people's views of what is valued about the community/economy/ecology of that area.
When we return I'd like us to create our body of work. Our exhibition representing "One place, many views".
This installation can become a provocation for students. Put yourself in this picture. What do you value? What should be valued and why? Taking multiple perspectives, viewing sustainability in this instance requires consideration of diverse environmental, political, economic and social aspects (using Fien's model of sustainable development.
What are environmental aspects of this place?
What is the political dimension involved?
What is the economic dimension?
What are the social considerations?
An interesting study that I'm looking at to 'tune in' to Tasmania's wilderness area is the campaign from the 80s to stop the damming of the Franklin River.
It's 30 years since the decision to dam the River was overturned as a result of public pressure.
We're looking back at the photographs of Peter Dombrovskis and Olegas Truchanas of the river.
Tonight I'll view the documentary The Last Wild River.
Reading the wikipedia site about the campaign is fascinating - Premiers and governments were overturned, 10,000 people were reported to have marched in the streets of Hobart. The image by Peter Dombrovskis of Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend became the face of the campaign by the Wilderness Society to stop the dam. Voters on the mainland and people from the international community raised their voices in a campaign to stop the bulldozers. The Federal Government under Hawke enacted legislation to halt the project but the Tasmanian Government pushed on even while UNESCO met in Paris to enter the Wild Rivers onto the World Heritage register. It took a High Court decision to finally end the damming of the Franklin River.
