Working with Plants - 1996 - 2008 E book
In the mid 1990s, Godman made the connection that the process of taking photographs with film and growing plants was analogous - both use light and water - plants are in fact an abstract form of photography. In 1996 he began by growing simple images into the leaves of Bromeliad plants which in turn led to sophisticated interactive installations. Working with plants traces the development of this work.
Lloyd Godman's twin careers of serious and successful organic gardener and practicing artist of great creative energy converge in new and constantly surprising ways to make art about the ecological concerns that underly his gardening. Over almost three decades his art has widened out from relatively traditional landscape photography to include elements of performance, audience participation art and multimedia installation to explore the tensions between electronic consumer society and the ecosystem.
Artlink magazine - Ecology: Everyone's Business - Vol 25 no 4 - Dec - Jan 2006
Cover with 89 spreads 178 pages
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Extensive information on Tillandsias Consequently, the 2020 version is broken into 6 separate documents, and when ordered you will receive the very latest version. Each is a interactive PDF E book that links to the other documents. This means key words are linked to relevant information on other pages, so the document is easy to navigate and find information. Contents includes: Over 1500 pages Over 390 plant entries Over 1600 photographs Over 140 illustrations and renders Over 50 maps Over 100 sound files And 35- charts
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α space
Alpha space sees a shift from art works that comment on environmental issues to works that are active and contribute to the environment. Godman utilizes Tillandsia plants to create living sculptures that suspend in space and are free to rotate on the breeze.
"Lloyd Godman is one of a new breed of environmental artists whose work is directly influencing 'green' building design......"Godman's installations are the result of a unique blend of botanical science, environmental awareness and artistic expression. All three elements are intrinsic to the practical realisation of his polymathic vision. ..
.... as physical objects, Godman's artworks are purifiers of the air as well as the soul, suppliers of colour as well as calmness, and filters of water as well as the human spirit.".
John Power - Editor of Facility Management Magazine Aug 2011
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Tillandsia Swarm is an experimental art/science project by ecological artist Lloyd Godman, where selected species of Tillandsias (air plants) are installed without soil or axillary watering at a range of extreme and exposed urban locations and monitored to gauge their success through extreme seasonal conditions.
The premise of the project is to offer models of how these amazing plants can be integrated in to architecture in a fully sustainable manner, with minimal maintenance, infrastructure and risk. To engage in an art project where the purpose is not necessarily that the work is seen, but that it remains active in the environment. To offer a means of using the highly evolved biology of the plants as biomonitors to record comparative pollution levels of heavy metal particulates in the atmosphere.
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