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On one of those walks she found a piece of dry bark and asked me: And so a reindeer was born. Or should I say, re-born. As coincidence would have it, when my daughter was young I invented a bedtime story for her starring a reindeer, and not an ordinary reindeer, a green-haired one. Here is an excerpt from that story: “In a country far away (or very close just around the corner) there was a reindeer living in a place where nobody liked him. People chased him away, nobody wanted his company. He wandered, pondering why until one day walking by a lake he noticed his reflection. The reindeer had green hair, hair like nobody else. |
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This is how this project was started. Through the use of natural, recycled materials, I am creating minimal or no waste in the production of this artworks and honour the potential found in organic materials all around us. I am planning to continue making them in the future. Toys vary in sizes between 20x15x10cm [~8x6x4in] for the largest to 8x6x5cm [~6x3x2in] for the smallest. Each is carrying singular perspective, equal, reciprocal and interconnected. As Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous person, distinguished professor of Environmental Botany, Director of the Center for Native People and the Environment, said: “It was trough the action of reciprocity, give and take with the land, that the original immigrant become indigenous. For all of us, becoming indigenous to the place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it.” Primary interest for my previous work was analysis [psychogeography] of public urban built environment, the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from buildings to cities and beyond to contemporary urban ambiance, that I am calling “postmetropolis”. Ambiance significantly changed in past 2 years to include adaptation to the changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and we are more and more relying on our personal inner space. We hope to find better practices and more sustainable ways of living life and fulfilling our needs. I am thinking along the positive side stories of so-called eco-modernists more then ever needed in this challenging time. \\\\\\\/////// CONCLUSION: Social and physical distancing, Covid19, Equity in public space, Sustainability, Reciprocity, Resilience, Climate Change, Social Equality, Environmental protection, Participation, Nature, Right to be different, Placemaking, Public Urban Art, Psychogeoography, Observation, Perception, Omen Urbis, Genius Loci, Urban Forest, Better Future, Anti-monumental Public Art, Creativity in all of us. . . |
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green hair reindeer #01 - 2020 | ↓ | green hair reindeer #02 - - 2020 | ||
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goulalala[lala] with golden hair - 2023 | ↓ | goulalala[lala] with little bit of golden hair - 2023 | ||
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fox with trace of green hair - 2023 | ↓ | fox with trace of green hair + sketch by grandaughter lumen - 2023 | ||
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person/house. get in if you want - 2022 | ↓ | person/house. get in if you want, or go up on the roof terace - 2022 | ||
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cayo coco, native plants, so far green – bird - 2022 | ↓ | cayo coco, native plants, so far green – lizard - 2022 | ||
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cayo coco, native plants, so far green – turtle - 2022 | ↓ | cayo coco, native plants, so far green – turtle & lizard - 2022 | ||
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socrates, red hair octopus - 2022 | socrates, red hair octopus - 2022 | |||
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green hair raindeer visiting a la place de terreaux in lyon - 2021 | ↓ | green hair fiery visting charlottenburg courtyard in berlin - 2021 | |
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green hair dragon, 2 wheels, 11 legs, 2 wings - 2021 | ↓ | 1 granddaughter + green hair dragon, 2 wheels, 11 legs, 2 wings - 2021 | ||
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well decorated green hair elephant - 2021 | ↓ | well decorated green hair elephant carrying scarred observer - 2021 | ||
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well decorated green hair elephant observing available literature - 2021 | ↓ | deda self portrait - 2021 | ||
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dragon/ship/machine - observing area of "first 10 blocks in Toronto" 2021 | ↓ | observer ignoring his dragon/ship/machine exploring typography - 2021 | ||
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observer with his computer on the dragon/ship/machine - 2021 | ↓ | green hair elephant, green hair raindeer, dragon/ship/machine & observer | ||
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green hair unicorn, hiding in the bushes - 2020 | ↓ | green hair elephant, green hair raindeer, both confused - 2020 - 2021 | ||
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green hair dog #01 - 2020 | ↓ | yellow hair cheetah #01- 2020 | ||
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green hair giraffe- 2020 | ↓ | green hair bull ferdinan - 2020 | ||
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green hair bear - 2020 | ↓ | no hair dog jara - 2020 | |
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green hair unicorn - 2020 | ↓ | green hair lama - 2020 | ||
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pink hair girl in a puddle and the chair - 2020 | ↓ | green hair fiery - 2020 | |
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stick man with green head band - 2020 | ↓ | monument - 2020 | |
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multi coloured bird - 2020 | ↓ | green hair tukan - 2020 | |
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girl with multicolour hair - 2020 | ↓ | girl with multicolour hair - 2020 | ||
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gruffalo's child with stickman - 2020 | ↓ | gruffalo's child visiting girl with the pink hair - 2020 | |
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green hair bear reaching for the fossil up on a tree - 2020 | ↓ | green hair salamander - 2020 | ||
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I am fine, don't worry | ↓ | plexiglass shelf with all the toys as of may, 2021 | ||
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