Posts by: Brett
We have not been posting as much as we have wanted lately as we both have been busy with new, separate projects for a really nice art festival happening in Tingbjerg called Visit Tingbjerg. But, we have a bunch planned for the coming days. Here is the weekly photo from the […]
It is amazing that more people in Denmark commute to work than in all of the U.S. As everyone here knows, there are ridiculous amounts of abandoned bikes in this city. It is not remarkable to point this out. What is kind of stunning though is to see the guys who collect the […]
I am getting better at making tofu and was able to get two blocks of tofu out of 3 liters of soy milk today. Today’s pressing was with peppers and olives. These are becoming more and more like drawings and I am looking forward to more experiments along these lines soon as well […]
Our time in Berlin is over and we are excited to be back in Copenhagen. The city bee habitat research we were doing will inform bigger projects here where we live. We decided to put our little bee habitat out in Lichtenberg before we left. Here are some photos of where it now lives on […]
Bonnie, Ada and I were taking a long walk through the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin today and came across this stencil. We couldn’t agree with it more.
Today’s tofu pressing was with kiwi and small red peppers. I also embedded a large chunk of kiwi in the center of the tofu. We cooked the tofu in a sweet and sour sauce with even more kiwi.
Urban habitat is an ongoing interest at the Mythological Quarter–from building habitat for specific creatures like bats or bees, to analyzing the cities we live in to understand the relationship the built environment has with wildlife.
We are currently on residency in Berlin, and trying to engage with habitat in this city during the short […]
We are still a long way from the Mythological Quarter in Copenhagen and continue to take long walks around Berlin. We came across this sculpture of a bear yesterday and really enjoyed it. If you look closely, you can see a bee carved into the face of the limestone.
Alphabet of the Anthropocene – Powerless Powerpoint
Radio Aktiv Sonic Deep Map (2013)
SUPERKILEN – Extreme Neoliberalism Copenhagen Style
Read Brett's essay about the park.
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This is our guide to how-to books from the counterculture of the 60s and 70s. Click to get the download page.
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Video interview:
Watch our interview of SeedBroadcast, a mobile project that is part seed library and part seed-saving-story-collecting machine-recording the stories of seed saving, farming, and food sovereignty work being done around the US.
BOOK: Deep Routes
Bonnie co-edited this collection of essays that reflect on who gets to define a region and what the struggles are in relation to being in a place and demanding social justice across many issues and terrains.
Download a poster Bonnie made about biodiversity in a vacant lot in the Amager borough of Copenhagen, in collaboration with biologist, Inger Kærgaard, ornithologist, Jørn Lennart Larsen and botanist, Camilla Sønderberg Brok: A BRIEF TAXONOMY OF A LOT
We made and installed a network of bat houses in Urbana, Illinois, to support the local and regional bat population, but also to begin a conversation about re-making the built environment.
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BOOK REVIEW:
We write often about artists and art groups that work with putting ‘culture’ back in agriculture. Here is a new favorite: myvillages, a group of three women based in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Read more...
Post Revolutionary Exercises
We really admire the dedicated hard work of Kultivator who seeks to fuse agriculture and art in their work. Click this sentence to get a PDF of their poster collection called "Post Revolutionary Exercises."
Culture Breakers
One of many books we collected that deeply inspire us. Get the PDF of the book.
Cultural Practices Within And Across
This amazing book networks urban and rural resilience and sustainability projects around the world. Deeply inspiring projects in Romania, Paris, San Francisco, and elsewhere.
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