Our Artprize 2010 will be an out door installation that will simulate a post peak oil world where electricity is only intermittent and almost everything used to keep daily life humming along has been... made out of preexisting products and materials. A combination of very old technologies with what can be patched together out of the rubble of what has been made before, fallen apart and left behind.It's exploring the idea that Plan A which we are currently living is very much taken for granted, but it's not as stable and secure as we all want to believe. We need to think about having a Plan B should this current infrastructure fail us.
My involvement in this project is around food security and learning to feed ourselves with out relying on massive amounts of resources to grow and ship food all over the world. We have built a beautiful outdoor kitchen (once again I find myself cooking outdoors!) that is fully functional, with Rocket stoves, a solar oven, an Ice box, displays of preserved foods and containers of growing lettuce and tomatoes!
Rich's composting toilet outhouse that we used on the farm last summer has been beautified and is also on display!
On opening day of Artprize, we had a procession with the Wonderwagon from the SE side of town all the way over to the Plan B venue on the shore of the Grand River. The kids rode in the wagon all the way and we were accompanied by drumming and chanting and banjo playing!
Artprize is a new event for Grand Rapids, and I can't believe the excitement and traffic thru downtown it has generated. If you are nearby, or can make a trip to GR it would be well worth it. There is so much to see and do! We'd be happy to provide some hospitality while your here!
There is daily family entertainment at the Plan B stage and live music every evening. Visit the Plan B facebook page or the blog to learn more about the schedule of events. If you are registered to vote, please consider voting for us! We are currently in the top 100, out of nearly 1700 entries!
2 comments:
hi there! i just wanted to say hi because i just found your blog, through a string of links beginning with Hopscotch children's store... and i love it, so now i'm following you. :)
i, too, am gluten-free and a photographer. AND planning a natural birth at home (God willing) in May.
be blessed,
brooke
Funny thing... I just re-met Brooke tonight. We both knew we should know each other and finally figured out our connection! It's pretty cool,too, because we seem to know some of the same people and have some of the same interests. (for example: I had home births, Brooke!)
On another note, Jen (more related to this post)... I was so glad to be involved in Plan B, even the tiny bit that I was there was great! I loved the sense of community, and the whole thing made such a good point. There really are things we can do to be less dependent on nonrenewable resources.
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