Notes during the residency at Castelletto Parenzana (on the former TPC train line) -> http://fo.am/family-residency-sarah-neville/
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Notes during the residency at Castelletto Parenzana (on the former TPC train line) -> http://fo.am/family-residency-sarah-neville/ and continued at [[adhocracy residency notes]]
From the 30th of September to the 9th of October 2013, Sarah Neville, Florence Thomas, Nik Gaffney and Maja Kuzmanovic inhabit the Castello Parenzana, close to the legendary town of Motovun in Istria, Croatia. Matt and Miranda Thomas take part in the residency as well, remotely from the Adelaide Hills. Although the landscape in Istrian and South Australian hills might share similarities of climate and topography, the flora and fauna, stories and cultures that grew from them are quite different. Inspired and informed by the landscape, the weather and the (hi)stories of both places, as well as our own experiences as inhabitants and migrants, we're looking into the relationships between storytelling and the environment, particularly when dealing with unpredictability, turbulence, 'uncontrollability', as well as full-blown natural disasters.
From the 30th of September to the 9th of October 2013, Sarah Neville, Florence Thomas, Nik Gaffney and Maja Kuzmanovic inhabit the Castello Parenzana, close to the legendary town of Motovun in Istria, Croatia. Matt and Miranda Thomas take part in the residency as well, remotely from the Adelaide Hills. Although the landscape in Istrian and South Australian hills might share similarities of climate and topography, the flora and fauna, stories and cultures that grew from them are quite different. Inspired and informed by the landscape, the weather and the (hi)stories of both places, as well as our own experiences as inhabitants and migrants, we're looking into the relationships between storytelling and the environment, particularly when dealing with unpredictability, turbulence, 'uncontrollability', as well as full-blown natural disasters.
<blockquote>Anthropologists had initially expected the aboriginal population of the Andaman Islands to be badly affected by the tsunami and even feared the already depopulated Onge tribe could have been wiped out. Many of the aboriginal tribes evacuated and suffered fewer casualties. Oral traditions developed from previous earthquakes helped the aboriginal tribes escape the tsunami. For example, the folklore of the Onges talks of "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water". Almost all of the Onge people seemed to have survived the tsunami.
<blockquote>Anthropologists had initially expected the aboriginal population of the Andaman Islands to be badly affected by the tsunami and even feared the already depopulated Onge tribe could have been wiped out. Many of the aboriginal tribes evacuated and suffered fewer casualties. Oral traditions developed from previous earthquakes helped the aboriginal tribes escape the tsunami. For example, the folklore of the Onges talks of "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water". Almost all of the Onge people seemed to have survived the tsunami.
//The nature of rain is always the same but it makes thorns grow in the desert and flowers in the garden. | Edible and poisonous plants// (notes at https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10084237623/)
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//The nature of rain is always the same but it makes thorns grow in the desert and flowers in the garden. | Edible and poisonous plants// (notes at http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10084237623/)
//Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.//
//Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.//
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<html><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76443600" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/76443600">Tale of a child and the weathermakers</a> at <a href="http://vimeo.com/fo4m">foam</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></html>
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<html><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76443600" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/76443600">Tale of a child and the weathermakers</a> at <a href="http://vimeo.com/fo4m">foam</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></html>
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<html><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76439538" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/76439538">parenzana weatherlore</a> at <a href="http://vimeo.com/fo4m">foam </a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></html>
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<html><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76439538" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/76439538">parenzana weatherlore</a> at <a href="http://vimeo.com/fo4m">foam </a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></html>
====Notes from 20131009====
====Notes from 20131009====
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* Nik suggested that I look into the possibility of foam presenting a future scenario building workshop in Adelaide.
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* We discussed potential developments from the residency, Nik suggested there may be oportunities to involve people in scenario building workshops in Adelaide (esp. "festival of ideas")
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* I considered introducing Nik and Maja to some peers in Adelaide who are skilled in theatrical improvisation to propose tools for their physical pre-hearsals.
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* Nik and Maja would be interested in working with people in Adelaide who have improvisation skills (performance, theatrical or political) to further develop tools and training for prehearsals.
====Notes from 20131016====
====Notes from 20131016====
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In the beginning of the residency we had a discussion about which natural disasters occur in Istria. We couldn't think of any except bush fires. However, today Maja dug up the Istrian folk tales book in Pula and found another disaster that has been troubling the region for centuries: it seems that hail is the weather phenomenon was considered mythical enough to make it into several legends. It is often related to misfortune of young children (especially those who died before being christened, or those strangled by their mothers). Hail and thunder becomes their way of communicating (usually their anger) with the living world. Aside from children, witches and priests are also known to be able to summon very localised and destructive hail storms.
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In the beginning of the residency we had a discussion about which natural disasters occur in Istria. We couldn't think of any except bush fires. However, today Maja dug up the Istrian folk tales book in Pula and found another disaster that has been troubling the region for centuries: it seems that hail is the weather phenomenon considered mythical enough to make it into several legends. It is often related to misfortune of young children (especially those who died before being christened, or those strangled by their mothers). Hail and thunder becomes their way of communicating (usually their anger) with the living world. Aside from children, witches and priests are also known to be able to summon very localised and destructive hail storms.
Ref. Boskovic-Stulli, Maja (1959). Istarske Narodne Price. Institut za Narodnu Umjetnost, Zagreb
Ref. Boskovic-Stulli, Maja (1959). Istarske Narodne Price. Institut za Narodnu Umjetnost, Zagreb
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