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parenzana_residency_notes [2014-06-04 01:45] – [Notes from 20131004] 118.210.84.165parenzana_residency_notes [2025-06-29 07:30] (current) nik
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 ==== Parenzana Residency Notes ==== ==== Parenzana Residency Notes ====
  
-Notes during the residency at Castelletto Parenzana (on the former TPC train line) -> http://fo.am/family-residency-sarah-neville/+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]]
  
-Photos: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157636156644153/+Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157636156644153/
  
 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. 
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 ====Notes from 20131002 ==== ====Notes from 20131002 ====
  
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     Emotions -> Fear;     Emotions -> Fear;
     "Growing out of links with the environment" -> "What can be transported" -> "Legitimacy of a thread of Myths" -> "geography";     "Growing out of links with the environment" -> "What can be transported" -> "Legitimacy of a thread of Myths" -> "geography";
-    "Legitimacy of a thread of Myths" -> ?;+    "Legitimacy of a thread of Myths" -> "?";
     "What can be transported" -> "EU - AU";     "What can be transported" -> "EU - AU";
     "What can be transported" -> "Continuity in the framing?";     "What can be transported" -> "Continuity in the framing?";
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     "What can be transported" -> "Emotions"     "What can be transported" -> "Emotions"
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 ====Notes from 20131003 ==== ====Notes from 20131003 ====
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 Exploring the region:  Exploring the region: 
   * [[http://www.coloursofistria.com/en/nature-and-camping/flora-and-fauna/giants-of-motovun-forest|the Motovun forest]]   * [[http://www.coloursofistria.com/en/nature-and-camping/flora-and-fauna/giants-of-motovun-forest|the Motovun forest]]
-  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motovun|Motovun town]]+  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motovun|Motovun town]]
   * [[http://www.parenzana.net/en/home_page|Parenzana trail]]   * [[http://www.parenzana.net/en/home_page|Parenzana trail]]
  
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 <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. 
  
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami#Signs_and_warnings</blockquote>+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami#Signs_and_warnings</blockquote>
  
  
 Aphorisms include a heuristic approach to the world, they deal with probabilities rather than dogmas. What happens to age old sayings that might be less in tune with current climate chaos (when red sunsets don't only mean nice weather the next day, but could signal unexpected fires and other calamities). Do we need new annotations or re-interpretations of these texts to reflect our time? Aphorisms include a heuristic approach to the world, they deal with probabilities rather than dogmas. What happens to age old sayings that might be less in tune with current climate chaos (when red sunsets don't only mean nice weather the next day, but could signal unexpected fires and other calamities). Do we need new annotations or re-interpretations of these texts to reflect our time?
  
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     Form -> "Discarded stories" -> "Filmske Novosti Showreels" -> "Cemetery for unwanted stories"     Form -> "Discarded stories" -> "Filmske Novosti Showreels" -> "Cemetery for unwanted stories"
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 ====Notes from 20131004 ==== ====Notes from 20131004 ====
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 Task: Improvise the moments in the space, as improvised staging including the characters Task: Improvise the moments in the space, as improvised staging including the characters
  
-{{>http://flickr.com/photos/foam/10084237623/}} +{{>http://flickr.com/photos/foam/10084237623/ ?maxwidth=640}} 
-//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/)+//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/)
  
-{{>https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10086685694/}}+{{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10086685694/ ?maxwidth=640}}
 // No one knows what rolls behind the mountain // // No one knows what rolls behind the mountain //
-{{>https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10086807063/}}+{{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10086807063/ ?maxwidth=640}}
 //All flowers of the future are in the seed of the present// //All flowers of the future are in the seed of the present//
  
-{{>https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10086692854/}}+{{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10086692854/ ?maxwidth=640}}
 //Furious storm passes quickly // //Furious storm passes quickly //
 {{>http://flickr.com/photos/foam/10084173786/}} {{>http://flickr.com/photos/foam/10084173786/}}
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   * warnings (short, abrupt, distant, factual…)   * warnings (short, abrupt, distant, factual…)
   * bed time stories (soothing, quiet…)   * bed time stories (soothing, quiet…)
-  * guslari oral tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA9CR5gpCwA (epic, pathos, mourning…)+  * guslari oral tradition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA9CR5gpCwA (epic, pathos, mourning…)
   * Fortune telling (intense, personalised, things untold…)   * Fortune telling (intense, personalised, things untold…)
   * …   * …
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   * decay and half-life of aphorisms. persistence of relevance in proverbs. graveyard of false lore, forgotten aphorisms.   * decay and half-life of aphorisms. persistence of relevance in proverbs. graveyard of false lore, forgotten aphorisms.
   * illustrations for contemporary proverbs and the future perspectives which make them appear quaint   * illustrations for contemporary proverbs and the future perspectives which make them appear quaint
-  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nazor|Vladimir Nazor]] - Veli Jože http://www.scribd.com/doc/29242332/Vladimir-Nazor-Veli-Jo%C5%BEe+  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nazor|Vladimir Nazor]] - Veli Jože http://www.scribd.com/doc/29242332/Vladimir-Nazor-Veli-Jo%C5%BEe
   * [[various aphorisms]]   * [[various aphorisms]]
  
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   * visit to [[http://histrica.com/istria/green/buje/groznjan/|Groznjan]] to check on persistent [[plot_world_context|plots]]...   * visit to [[http://histrica.com/istria/green/buje/groznjan/|Groznjan]] to check on persistent [[plot_world_context|plots]]...
  
-{{>https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10137492246/}}+{{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10137492246/}}
 //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>+<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>
  
-<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>+<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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 **Sounds from Matt** **Sounds from Matt**
  
-<html><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/115606889"></iframe></html>+<html><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/115606889"></iframe></html>
  
-<html><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/115606892"></iframe></html>+<html><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/115606892"></iframe></html>
  
 **Miranda's Weather** **Miranda's Weather**
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   * see [[research report parenzana]]   * see [[research report parenzana]]
  
-==== Notes from 20140603 ==== +==== Adhocracy - June 2014 ==== 
-==== Adhocracy Residency Preparation ==== +  * see notes at [[adhocracy residency notes]]
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-A year on from the residency at Parenzana in Istria, we are digging deeper with the research on both Weather Lore and Future Forecasting. In keeping with the form and structure of the first residency, we are again contextualising the project as a family in residence. Over four days our family, Matt, Miranda (5yrs), Florence (1yr) and myself will inhabit the foyer of the Waterside Workers Hall home of Vitalstatistix Theatre Company in Port Adelaide. Nik and Maya will contribute via a remote presence through these notes and participate through a skype presence in an artist talk on Future Forecasting on Monday the 9th June. +
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-Speculative Culture/ Weather Lore is a project exploring future forecasting and sustainable living in a time of rapid climate change. It is a family-based project exploring weather lore and future forecasting through a series of cultural strategies. +
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-History is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and proverbs meant to guide the uncertain in determining whether the next day will bring fair or foul weather. Farmers watched the sky colour to know when to sow and reap. Mariners noted wind and waves for signs of change. Contemporary weather lore often manifests from people’s anxiety about a future of floods, famine and fires. The question is how does the superstitious or curious imagination make sense of all this?  +
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-The project is utilising a future forecasting methodology which encourages people to investigate living in a range of possible futures, designed as artistic experiments.  The methodology takes uncertainty as a creative challenge, a call for cultural work in which visions of everyday life in the time ahead become tangible and discussable.  +
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-The Neville-Thomas family subscribe to a sustainable, resilient way of life where they grow their own food, fish locally, raise chickens and work closely with local natural resources. At Adhocracy we will explore speculative cli-fi scenarios, document dialogues with farmers and fishers, develop digital stories and sound scores, conduct pop-up future forecasting and other cultural interventions within the Adhocracy event, cook, tend to plants, look after their children and conduct artist talks about the diverse facets of this cultural endeavour. +