The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology Maccaulay Library,
formerly the Library of Natural Sounds, has an amazing online archive
where you can hear recordings and watch videos of birds and wildlife
from around the world. A library of natural sounds?! Yes! The digital
birds and animals come into your home […]
The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology Maccaulay Library, formerly the Library of Natural Sounds, has an amazing online archive where you can hear recordings and watch videos of birds and wildlife from around the world. A library of natural sounds?! Yes! The digital birds and animals come into your home over […]
Forests in your pocket
Inger Kærgaard wants you to go take a hike…in the forest, at least.
We interviewed Inger in 2011 and have since become friends with this energetic, charming, and creative person, who is totally committed to environmental activism. In that interview, we mention Inger’s project to […]
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 […]
What had started out as a short reflection on several different micro-habitats I had encountered over a rapid period of time, from traveling to Belgrade and then on a study tour across the southwestern United States with students from the academy where I teach, has turned into a much longer essay. It will […]
Whale Fall is the beautiful new short film from Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman about the after life of a whale. The animated short uses puppets and motion graphics to tell the story of a whale after it dies. Apparently, a whale can live between 50 and 75 years and it can nourish […]
We love bats over here at the Mythological Quarter. With over 1,100 species worldwide, nature’s only flying mammal controls insect populations and plays an important role in pollinating several different kinds of plants. Recently, we have been using a friend’s Pettersson ultrasound detector to listen to the sounds of bats echo […]
Mythological Quarter speaks with Copenhagen resident Inger Kærgaard about her environmental activism:
Danish biologist and teacher, Inger Kærgaard loves forests. Her love led her to develop two cultural exhibitions that not only educate the public about forests, but also about how they can help preserve and protect them. She is an […]
Radio Aktiv Sonic Deep Map (2013)
SUPERKILEN – Extreme Neoliberalism Copenhagen Style
Read Brett's essay about the park.
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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.
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."
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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