Workshop

Tall tales - more than human relationships

28 May

STPLN

Discover the beauty of Swedish pine trees by trying the Japanese tradition of growing plants in moss and soil balls. Appreciate the imperfections of nature through simplicity, mindfulness, and observation.

The Swedish pine tree serves the urban animals in more ways than you might imagine. Is there a way for us human beings to give back more than we take?

This workshop hosted by Louan Wang will explore our tall neighbours through the art of kokedama!

A kokedama, or poor man's bonsai as it is also known, is a Japanese plant tradition. In short, it is a plant whose roots grow in a ball of moss and soil. Kokedama is a representation of the concept of wabi-sabi or an appreciation of the imperfections of nature. Its characteristics include simplicity, mindfulness, warmth, disorder, naturalness and observation.

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Part of the Locally Alien Festival.

STPLN

Stapelbäddsgatan 3

211 75 Malmö

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Sun 28 May 14:00 - 16:30

Product/Industrial design

Urban planning

Experience design

Participants

Locally Alien

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A FESTIVAL FOR ECOLOGICAL CULTURE IN MALMÖ https://locallyalien.org/

The objective of this program is to look more deeply at nonhuman species (plants, fungi, animals, bacteria, and the rest) in Malmö and to better understand the market and state forces behind rapid extinction of species globally. Listening to, and looking to creatures around us, they can show us how these forces are at work here in the city.

In this post-industrial city we can find that the myth of “man and nature” is baked into its harbors, roads, and buildings. Through Locally Alien we will explore how domination, extraction, and exploitation have come to define our relationship to nonhuman residents of the city.

The program is composed of creative workshops, exhibitions, walks, and performances focused on the ecological culture of Malmö. Through the perspective of the city’s many different residents we might find new ways of relating to nonhuman ecology.

Louan Wang

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With a background in product design and arts, I have started to gravitate more towards speculative approaches in the intersection between design and the more-than-human concerns. This leads me wondering on how design can be a powerful tool for creating positive change and fostering greater understanding between humans and the many other beings and ecosystems with whom we share this planet.