sorry if this isn’t totally coherent, I’m a little tired! happy to rephrase later.

I love the focus on lawns, this was something I recently focused on in my MFA exhibit! I think about the wasted space of lawns and parking lots and the wonders of the depaving and rewilding movement all the time.

https://alexischeiber.art/the-dreaming-manifesto

I think a lot of people want to see more native plants in their yard, they’re…

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Congrats on having the Goucher show lined up!

You’ve been pursing these themes in your practice for awhile, but I think you’re continually mining new questions and possibilities from the broader inquiry. I really enjoyed looking through your references.

This post is for the 1.3 requirement! I started typing this all out in 1.2, then realized I was getting into the weeds of the project.

I think this is also a good place to describe how I would define a “solarpunk dollhouse” the design of the house would take inspiration from various periods of biophillic architecture and…

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Hi all–

Just double checking I’ve done enough to count for stage 1.2 before I make my stage 1.3 post. I am affirming collaborating with Emerson Goheen for this project!

I’ve shared some inspiration in the replies, and wanted to really thank Rachel Stein for the excellent references, all of which affirm the power of miniatures, home, and play…

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The Crow’s Nest has expanded our youth call to include college students, and moved the due date to April 8th! I know many of you here are faculty at universities, we would greatly appreciate your help getting the word out.

The
younger one is, the less culpable they are for the climate crisis– and
yet, today’s youth are slated to live through…

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Hi Rachel!

Home Visits is such a tender and powerful series, I hadn’t heard of it before– thank you for all the references!

Hey Emerson! So great to see you on here. Would be so grateful for your expertise!

Hi Kate,

I would love to have the dollhouse as part of an interactive event or gallery exhibit. It’ll depend on how hardy the materials used end up being, which one always has to balance.

When I was a kid I loved designing and endlessly rearranging my dollhouses. I had a dollhouse made out of old ikea shelves and craft paper that I picked out…

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Rachel always rooting for you to get funding and continue your work!

Lindi, thank you for introducing me to Alyssa’s work! Her portfolio is completely revelatory.

Hi Lindi! Thank you so much for your reply and for attending Rejjia’s talk! I’m very interested in play as a worldbuilding space– the act of designing the dollhouse as collaborative play (pro version of crafting with friends) as well as its use afterwards!

I’m also very inspired by Noel Phyllis Birkby’s “Women’s Environmental…

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Hi Kate,

Just wanted to make sure you also saw the Solarpunk call at the Crow’s Nest (includes seperate, free programming call) https://www.crowsnestbaltimore.com/solarpunk-call We are very aligned in purpose!

Hi All– This is Alexi putting on my artist hat & hoping I am finally navigating the forum correctly.

The problem I am engaged with:

I am thinking a lot about our capacity to imagine a world where the climate crisis is actually solved. I have found it is incredibly difficult for most people to do. For many, it is easier to imagine the …

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Hi Lindi! Thank you for the clarifying message! I will be deleting my other comments to avoid making anyone else confused!

Solarpunk Dollhouse

Hi All– This is Alexi putting on my artist hat,

— First of all, checking if this is the right place to do the first step in applying for the EDC Project Awards!

— I would also like to ask how expansive ‘design’ is! My artistic practice sits between fine arts, animation, and illustration. ‘Antidotes to Toxicity’ aligns a…

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Hi Siyu, thank you so much for posting our current opportunities! We’ve got just over 2 weeks left on our solarpunk call, we’re looking forward to the final wave of submissions!

Hi Lindi! from the language, it seems like contestants need to have a local venue already lined up to even be considered– just double checking this is the case?

Hi, this is Alexi! Love this concept– Wanted to say on behalf of the Crow’s Nest, please reach out if you’d like to work with us as a participating venue in your proposal.