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| ==== Borrowed Scenery: Cultivating an Alternate Reality ==== | ==== Borrowed Scenery: Cultivating an Alternate Reality ==== |
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| In the Japanese text //Records of Garden Making// (作庭記, //Sakuteiki//)((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakuteiki)) attributed to Tachibana Toshitsuna (橘俊綱, 1028–1094 CE), the concept of 'borrowed scenery' (//shakkei// in Japanese, //jiejing// in Chinese) was first introduced as an approach to designing gardens. It is presented as a way of including features from beyond the garden as elements in the design. Distant mountains or rivers, clouds, rocks and even stars can be incorporated. Although the garden and the surrounding landscape may be topographically separate, 'borrowing' or 'lending' provides a way to experience them as one whole. | In the Japanese text //Records of Garden Making// (作庭記, //Sakuteiki//)((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakuteiki)) attributed to Tachibana Toshitsuna (橘俊綱, 1028–1094 CE), the concept of 'borrowed scenery' (//shakkei// in Japanese, //jiejing// in Chinese) was first introduced as an approach to designing gardens. It is presented as a way of including features from beyond the garden as elements in the design. Distant mountains or rivers, clouds, rocks and even stars can be incorporated. Although the garden and the surrounding landscape may be topographically separate, 'borrowing' or 'lending' provides a way to experience them as one whole. |
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| Inspired by //shakkei// and //jiejing// gardens, FoAM developed the alternate reality narrative Borrowed Scenery, a story without a narrator or explicit narration which unfolded through hints, suggestions and immersive ambiance. By 'borrowing' from sources as diverse as plant mythology, patabotany, Tarot, plant sciences, historical mysteries and the setting of the everyday, Borrowed Scenery became a place to experience an alternate reality (past, future or parallel) where plants are a central aspect of human society. | Inspired by //shakkei// and //jiejing// gardens, FoAM developed the alternate reality narrative Borrowed Scenery, a story without a narrator or explicit narration which unfolded through hints, suggestions and immersive ambiance. By 'borrowing' from sources as diverse as plant mythology, patabotany, Tarot, plant sciences, historical mysteries and the setting of the everyday, Borrowed Scenery became a place to experience an alternate reality (past, future or parallel) where plants are a central aspect of human society. |
| Borrowed Scenery with its visceral connections to gardens and plants was eerily familiar. It was site-specific, designed for the Snoepwinkel and the streets of Ghent with online portals to other realms. The story was – for both practical and conceptual reasons – filled with gaps that encouraged associations and 'joining the dots'. Its intention was to become a reality. Even though as an ARN it existed for a brief moment in time, its seeds continue growing through consensus reality in unexpected ways: Zizim became a scientific app used to map lobster populations in the UK and a way to track urban agriculture initiatives in Ghent; Arboreal Identity has been translated into a guided nature walk in Brussels; the patabotanist archetypes are being translated into ethnobotanical Tarot cards; Inner Garden will be performed in other botanic gardens, spreading Lingua Ignota and patabotanical ideas further. Slowly, imperceptibly, the alternate keeps seeping into the everyday. Is it still a story or did it become reality? In the end, we might not be able to tell the difference. As in //shakkei// gardens, the ARN starts from ourselves, includes the cultivated frame of the storyworld and extends into untamed, infinite realities – consensus or otherwise. | Borrowed Scenery with its visceral connections to gardens and plants was eerily familiar. It was site-specific, designed for the Snoepwinkel and the streets of Ghent with online portals to other realms. The story was – for both practical and conceptual reasons – filled with gaps that encouraged associations and 'joining the dots'. Its intention was to become a reality. Even though as an ARN it existed for a brief moment in time, its seeds continue growing through consensus reality in unexpected ways: Zizim became a scientific app used to map lobster populations in the UK and a way to track urban agriculture initiatives in Ghent; Arboreal Identity has been translated into a guided nature walk in Brussels; the patabotanist archetypes are being translated into ethnobotanical Tarot cards; Inner Garden will be performed in other botanic gardens, spreading Lingua Ignota and patabotanical ideas further. Slowly, imperceptibly, the alternate keeps seeping into the everyday. Is it still a story or did it become reality? In the end, we might not be able to tell the difference. As in //shakkei// gardens, the ARN starts from ourselves, includes the cultivated frame of the storyworld and extends into untamed, infinite realities – consensus or otherwise. |
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| <html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/8391947492/" title="Borrowed Scenery ARN - 15 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8391947492_ee6b499b51_b.jpg" width="680" height="1024" alt="Borrowed Scenery ARN - 15"></a></html> | === Related === |
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| | * [[Borrowed Scenery ARN]]: Borrowed Scenery credits and related notes |
| | * Borrowed Scenery is a part of the European project [[:PARN]] (Physical and Alternate Reality Narratives) |
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| | <html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/8391947492/" title="Borrowed Scenery ARN - 15 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8391947492_ee6b499b51_c.jpg" width="531" height="800" alt="Borrowed Scenery ARN - 15"></a></html> |
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