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* Miranda: volcano is a rock with a hole in it, there is lava and you can die from it. | * Miranda: volcano is a rock with a hole in it, there is lava and you can die from it. | ||
* "In the heat" - collapsibility of a body, fragility, no escape | * "In the heat" - collapsibility of a body, fragility, no escape | ||
- | * Dialogues (Domestic violence, | + | * Dialogues ( Demeter & Persephone - harshness of content, gentleness of voices, related to natural and cultural disasters |
* staging photos around the house with emerging characters (storyteller, | * staging photos around the house with emerging characters (storyteller, | ||
* vocal exercise working with keywords from local legends and/or emerging from the process | * vocal exercise working with keywords from local legends and/or emerging from the process | ||
* Tasks for Matt: sound explorations responding to conceptual developments in Castelletto | * Tasks for Matt: sound explorations responding to conceptual developments in Castelletto | ||
- | * Tasks for Miranda: How does this story continue: "There once was a giant, who built a town on a hill..." | + | * Tasks for Miranda: How does this story continue: "There once was a giant, who built a town on a hill to hide a fairy..." |
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Questions to explore: | Questions to explore: | ||
* How can stories be presented? | * How can stories be presented? | ||
* What are people telling themselves? | * What are people telling themselves? | ||
- | * How can a story be dislocated and becoming | + | * How can a story be dislocated and become |
* What stories are told to understand the weather: how do historical myths relate to contemporary ones, e.g. sci-fi movies about ecological disasters, where stories are only told when the weather becomes extreme... what happens to all the other stories about weather in daily life? | * What stories are told to understand the weather: how do historical myths relate to contemporary ones, e.g. sci-fi movies about ecological disasters, where stories are only told when the weather becomes extreme... what happens to all the other stories about weather in daily life? | ||
Creation myths in contrast to aphorisms and sayings about the weather and other natural phenomena, such as: | Creation myths in contrast to aphorisms and sayings about the weather and other natural phenomena, such as: | ||
* Miranda' | * Miranda' | ||
- | * the "red sunset" | + | * the "red sunset" |
* the tribe escaping a tsunami by listening to an ancient myth and running up a mountain after recognising warning signs as predicted in the story | * the tribe escaping a tsunami by listening to an ancient myth and running up a mountain after recognising warning signs as predicted in the story | ||
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- | Aphorisms include a heuristic approach to the world, they deal with probabilities rather than dogmas. What happens to age old sayings that might be less in tune with current climate chaos (when red sunsets don' | + | Aphorisms include a heuristic approach to the world, they deal with probabilities rather than dogmas. What happens to age old sayings that might be less in tune with current climate chaos (when red sunsets don' |
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- | The stories | + | The stories |
Task: Improvise the moments in the space, as improvised staging including the characters | Task: Improvise the moments in the space, as improvised staging including the characters | ||
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- | //edible | + | //The nature of rain is always the same but it makes thorns grow in the desert and flowers in the garden. | Edible |
- | {{>http:// | + | {{>https://secure.flickr.com/ |
- | //stories, storytelling and plant mythology// | + | // No one knows what rolls behind the mountain // |
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+ | //All flowers of the future are in the seed of the present// | ||
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* sayings, aphorisms, proverbs | * sayings, aphorisms, proverbs | ||
- | * things we tell each other as short stories ("the sun has changed…" | + | * things we tell each other as short stories ("the sun has changed…" |
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+ | * The moon and the weather may change together, But a change of the moon, will not change the weather. | ||
+ | * Evening red and morning grey, two sure signs of one fine day. | ||
+ | * When the forest murmurs and the mountain roars, Then close your windows and shut your doors. | ||
+ | * When leaves show their undersides, be very sure that rain betides. | ||
+ | * If bees stay at home, rain will soon come, If they flay away, fine will be the day. | ||
+ | * Dust rising in dry weather is a sign of approaching change. | ||
+ | * When smoke hovers close to the ground, there will be a weather change. | ||
+ | * Red sky at night, Shepard’s delight; Red sky in morning, Shepard take warning. | ||
+ | * When ants travel in a straight line, expect rain; when they scatter, expect fair weather. | ||
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Who are the characters and what are they doing in contemporary weather lore? | Who are the characters and what are they doing in contemporary weather lore? | ||
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=== Divination and invocation in storytelling === | === Divination and invocation in storytelling === | ||
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Divination: descriptive, | Divination: descriptive, | ||
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=== Oral - Written - Digital stories === | === Oral - Written - Digital stories === | ||
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* Should we focus on myths and legends or ' | * Should we focus on myths and legends or ' | ||
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=== Tasks === | === Tasks === | ||
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* stage photos as a starting point to encapsulate a saying; capturing moments as they are developing. | * stage photos as a starting point to encapsulate a saying; capturing moments as they are developing. | ||
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* write a story with the same starting point (the village, the house, one of the staged photos…) and incorporate themes and questions from discussions. | * write a story with the same starting point (the village, the house, one of the staged photos…) and incorporate themes and questions from discussions. | ||
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* (while its raining) come up with a series of proverbs/ | * (while its raining) come up with a series of proverbs/ | ||
* Finding historical and contemporary lore about observing animals as early warning systems for weather changes and natural disasters | * Finding historical and contemporary lore about observing animals as early warning systems for weather changes and natural disasters | ||
* To discuss: cemetery of discarded stories (and dead media) | * To discuss: cemetery of discarded stories (and dead media) | ||
+ | * Community conversation on "the sun is different" | ||
**Myths and Natural Early Warning Systems** | **Myths and Natural Early Warning Systems** | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131005 ==== | ||
+ | === Conversation with Matt === | ||
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+ | * Human reactions to controlled environment (such as a city, http:// | ||
+ | * Weatherlore is an interesting direction, it seems more malleable than myths | ||
+ | * Evolutionary psychology - how much of our worldview is based on primitive responses? to research: meaning making in humans, in contrast to animals, who primarily respond to stimuli without trying to make sense out of it | ||
+ | * e.g difference between a bird sensing EM field in contrast to the human responses " | ||
+ | * human responses to stimuli: physical (tend to be dampened nowadays), mental (meaning making) | ||
+ | * sonic experiment - pre-disaster changes in EM field | ||
+ | * physical responses to the environment: | ||
+ | * (non)awareness of environmental changes: e.g. bushfire on an unusually hot day out of bushfire season in Adelaide Hills: seasons are more in flux, but people tend not to pay attention to signals from the environment. if the laws change to make an out-of-season fire instigation into criminal negligence - proof of acceptance of climate change. | ||
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+ | **Making Meaning** | ||
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+ | * How do humans make meaning of events that happen to them? | ||
+ | * The role of meaning in human thinking http:// | ||
+ | * Levi-Strauss postulates that myths serve to mediate conflicting or dualistic elements of society and life.The symbolic mediation in myths offers inspiration for culture and culture members to heal, flourish, or accept their reality.http:// | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131006==== | ||
+ | * staged photgraphs as design fiction and/or design noir. moments of mixed familiarity and unease (e.g. eating pizza in groznjan, machine readable objects, green sky, densisty of air, prevalence of monocles) | ||
+ | * decay and half-life of aphorisms. persistence of relevance in proverbs. graveyard of false lore, forgotten aphorisms. | ||
+ | * illustrations for contemporary proverbs and the future perspectives which make them appear quaint | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[various aphorisms]] | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131007==== | ||
+ | * further exploration and illustration of [[various aphorisms]] | ||
+ | * visit to [[http:// | ||
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+ | //Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.// | ||
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+ | //She who foretells the future lies, even if she tells the truth// | ||
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+ | **Design Fiction** | ||
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+ | Bruce Stirling: Design fiction is the deliberate use of diegetic prototypes to suspend disbelief about change. That’s the best definition we’ve come up with. The important word there is diegetic. It means you’re thinking very seriously about potential objects and services and trying to get people to concentrate on those rather than entire worlds or political trends or geopolitical strategies. It’s not a kind of fiction. It’s a kind of design. It tells worlds rather than stories. | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131008==== | ||
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+ | * aphorisms, determinism and [[prediction markets]] | ||
+ | * two DRAFT narrative video sketches using the same photographic material (shot by Nik) and weatherlore about changing weather. One about a child and her family of weathermakers and the other about a mutant able to commune with the biosphere: | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131009==== | ||
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+ | drive from Motovun -> Linz | ||
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+ | Future Fabulators workshop http:// | ||
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+ | A constructive observation of a participatory process to elicit ideas about possible futures. More about the scenario building process: | ||
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+ | This could be abridged to assist with the communication of stories based on weather lore across diverse communities in Australia or else where. | ||
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+ | Meeting and networking with likeminded individuals and organisations from across Europe. | ||
+ | * Valentina Nisi, Alberto Velez Grilo (University of Madeira) | ||
+ | * Tina Auer, Andrea Strasser, Marc9, Andreas Mayrhoffer & Tim Boyket (Time' | ||
+ | * Rarita Zbranca and Istvan Szakats (AltArt Romania) | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131015==== | ||
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+ | **Discussions at foam Brussels** | ||
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+ | Tim Boykett | ||
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+ | Tim spoke about people resettling from one geographical place to another and still living by the weather lore of the first place. Hence a misunderstanding of the seasons/ | ||
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+ | Rasa Alksnyte | ||
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+ | Rasa gave direct feedback on the project as she had read about it in these notes. Firstly she found the focus of the project very vast in respect to potential outcomes. This could be considered a bit unfocussed, however she thought that if the main idea becomes clearer then it was very exciting to have a project with so many potential forms. | ||
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+ | * The videos could be reconsidered in respect to what needs to be said in words and what can be said in images. There was also a question of language and whether text would be best received spoken over the images. We discussed the tone of storytelling and considered the addition of a fictive language based around tonal sounds of storytelling. | ||
+ | * She liked that we worked closely with who and what was at the residency. We discussed that my perception about the work I am making has altered since becoming a mother. I might observe and listen differently, | ||
+ | * In respect to physical languages, she recommended that I study the gestures of mothers and babies in paintings by Brueghel or Bosch. | ||
+ | * I spoke about body weather and how there are physical processes to train the dancer/ performer to embody their environment. | ||
+ | * We discussed the potential for theatrical scenarios to develop from the images and proverbs, live art installations and participatory performance or even community workshops could work well with the idea of weather lore. | ||
+ | * Rasa suggested that I try to clarify several of the potential outcomes as goals and determine the real possibilities of each so that each incarnation is not necessarily a search for one main outcome but rather an individual focus with its own aims and goals. | ||
+ | * We discussed the weather and atmosphere in Brussels and considered where this work might sit in respect to potential presentation outcomes in the future. The conversation then turned towards the suggestion that my next visit could be to locate presenters and performance opportunities. | ||
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+ | Nik Gaffney | ||
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+ | * We discussed potential developments from the residency, Nik suggested there may be oportunities to involve people in scenario building workshops in Adelaide (esp. " | ||
+ | * Nik and Maja would be interested in working with people in Adelaide who have improvisation skills (performance, | ||
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+ | ====Notes from 20131016==== | ||
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+ | In the beginning of the residency we had a discussion about which natural disasters occur in Istria. We couldn' | ||
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+ | Ref. Boskovic-Stulli, | ||
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+ | **Sounds from Matt** | ||
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+ | ==== residency report ==== | ||
+ | * see [[research report parenzana]] | ||
+ | ==== Notes from 20140603 ==== | ||
+ | ==== Adhocracy Residency Preparation ==== | ||
+ | A year on from the residency at Parenzana in Istria, we are digging deeper with the research on both Weather Lore and Future Forecasting. In keeping with the form and structure of the first residency, we are again contextualising the project as a family in residence. Over four days our family, Matt, Miranda (5yrs), Florence (1yr) and myself will inhabit the foyer of the Waterside Workers Hall home of Vitalstatistix Theatre Company in Port Adelaide. Nik and Maya will contribute via a remote presence through these notes and participate through a skype presence in an artist talk on Future Forecasting on Monday the 9th June. | ||
+ | Speculative Culture/ Weather Lore is a project exploring future forecasting and sustainable living in a time of rapid climate change. It is a family-based project exploring weather lore and future forecasting through a series of cultural strategies. | ||
+ | History is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and proverbs meant to guide the uncertain in determining whether the next day will bring fair or foul weather. Farmers watched the sky colour to know when to sow and reap. Mariners noted wind and waves for signs of change. Contemporary weather lore often manifests from people’s anxiety about a future of floods, famine and fires. The question is how does the superstitious or curious imagination make sense of all this? | ||
+ | The project is utilising a future forecasting methodology which encourages people to investigate living in a range of possible futures, designed as artistic experiments. | ||
+ | The Neville-Thomas family subscribe to a sustainable, | ||
+ | ==== Notes from 20140604 ==== | ||
+ | Subsequently we are continuing to collect Weather Lore proverbs both via the internet and in discussion with Fishers and Farmers. | ||
+ | * Additions to [[various_aphorisms]] | ||
+ | Further research has foccussed on media depictions of Global Warming and Future Forecasts. | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
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