Reinvigorating Dead Pixels

Inhabit - 1 September 2022 - 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm AEST

ColLab #event6 took place at Level 7 Podium, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne.

About this event - Bringing Green Space to Our Buildings

Inhabit welcomed the audience to Event #6 in the colLab series to explore - Is integrating trees and planting into architecture just a passing fad or the answer to urban heating?

The event and environment challenged the audience via Inhabit's immersive experience to explore the concept of "dead pixels" in our cities and the integration of plants into urban design. This was followed by a conversation with the panel who shared their experiences creating and implementing biophilic designs.

An engaged audience joined

Lloyd Godman | Ecological artist

Geoff Heard | Managing Director, Fytogreen

Wayne Sanderson | Regional Director | Australia + New Zealand, Inhabit

and Moderator Elissa Stirling, Regional Manager | Victoria, Inhabit.

As part of this event Lloyd installed a range of immersive Tillandsia art installations which included:

 
 

PHOTO RESPONSIVE

Similar to a previous installation enLIGHTen 1999, a selection of Tillandsia plants was suspended from the ceiling and activated by a fan. Changing colour projections were projected through the plants creating animated shadow patterns on the ceiling. Against the windows was the cell part of the work AIR.

 
 

SELF-PROTECTION
Self-protection grew from mounting a colony of Tillandsias on a mining industry hard hat which I wore to many climate marches. The incongruity of the two pointed at the irony of burning fossil fuels. When Covid hit and face masks were mandatory it seemed logical to cover a mask with seedling Tillandsias. Then for the colLab immersive experience a also covered boots, ear muffs, goggles and gloves. The title Self-protection reflects the need in a climate crisis to protect oneself but in the process the wider population.

MAD LAB
Growing Tillandsias from seed is a very slow process that can take decades. Pollination of the flowers, collecting the aerial seed when the pods burst, germination and years of nurturing the small seedlings is an ongoing occupation. To engage in the process is like being a mad scientist.

SELF-PROTECTION
Self-protection grew from mounting a colony of Tillandsias on a mining industry hard hat which I wore to many climate marches. The incongruity of the two pointed at the irony of burning fossil fuels. When Covid hit and face masks were mandatory it seemed logical to cover a mask with seedling Tillandsias. Then for the colLab immersive experience a also covered boots, ear muffs, goggles and gloves. The title Self-protection reflects the need in a climate crisis to protect oneself but in the process the wider population.

MAD LAB
Growing Tillandsias from seed is a very slow process that can take decades. Pollination of the flowers, collecting the aerial seed when the pods burst, germination and years of nurturing the small seedlings is an ongoing occupation. To engage in the process is like being a mad scientist.

Thanks to the staff at Inhabit and Jane Clark for help with the install and bump out.

 

 

 

 

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