What is it about?
Through this article artist/designer/researcher Marni Stuart and artist/curator/researcher Susan Davis explore the use of wildflower walks and creative practice in understanding place. This practice-led research uses the design and curation of artworks for the exhibition "Wildflowering by Design" hosted by Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery as means of analysing this approach to walking.
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Why is it important?
The article documents how, through the act of walking and documenting observations through creative practice, makers can ‘make visible’ the essence of place and plants. This approach can create a gateway to contemplation and discovery that prompts viewers to wonder about their own local plant heritage of place.
Perspectives
This research has provide space to share the knowledge of practice between two maker/researchers who share a love of wildflower walking. The process of comparing our use of walking and connection to place has given us insight into our individual methods of practice.
Marni Stuart
RMIT University
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This page is a summary of: The art of wildflower walks: Understanding place through creative practice, International Journal of Education through Art, June 2023, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/eta_00127_3.
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