TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Ethical and aesthetical perspectives on nature as resource25.October 2008, Kunstkvarteret LofotenSeminar curated by Eva Bakkeslett in collaboration with Kunstkvarteret Lofoten featuring Maasai artist Riziki Kateya, Eirik G. Jansen, Dr. Philos in Social Anthropology and cultivator Eva Bakkeslett.http://www.kunstkvarteret.no/Prosjekter/AfricaNowIndex.htmlPeople define nature as a resource. What does this really mean?Has profit replaced sustainable management
THE WISHING TREE
Collaboration with PLAN at the University of Osloduring the Research Open Days (Forskningsdagene, Oslo, September 2008.Workshop aimed at children between 4 and 12 about visioning the future. All the stories about the devastating effects of climate change can be paralyzing, and we wanted to go beyond the fright and reach out to catch glimpses
THE VALUE OF BREAD
King Ramses Bakery“Food and land and labour and human dignity are the only real sources of value but we trade those for cash hardly giving a thought for our children, our air, our water. But we can’t eat cash, no matter how much we make! So the value of bread is not
ALCHEMY
I was brought up with bread making being an existential, and therefore integral, part of the weeks work. My grandmother baked, my mother baked and even my father baked bread. Not just one at the time but often in batches of 6, that filled the house with the unmistakable aroma of yeast