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Odd New Spring: Towards Evolving Landscapes and a Reorientation in Design Practice (2024) (2024)

Siren Elise Wilhelmsen
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"Odd New Spring: Towards Evolving Landscapes and a Reorientation in Design Practice" is an artistic research PhD project that explores methods for designers to engage with local environments, interdisciplinary communities, and professional fields in new ways. The project repositions unwanted plants, specifically Invasive Alien Plant Species, as a foundation for knowledge creation and new local activities. This approach challenges the perception of these plants as strictly agonistic and reframes them in the context of sustainability, production, and resource management. Through the artistic practice, the plants are connected to stories from the past and visions for the future, encouraging reflection on current classifications and relations. The work culminated in the exhibition "Odd New Spring" at the University Museum in Bergen's Natural History Collections. Here, experimental artefacts, storytelling objects, interdisciplinary dialogues, and reflections point towards a new design position. The project envisions the designer as a bridge-builder across disciplines, fostering sustainable practices and coexistence within local landscapes. Supervised by Mette L'orange (architect MNAL and visual artist) and Tim Parry-Williams (Professor of Art: Textiles, KMD). Photo: Odd New Spring 2024, Siren Elise Wilhelmsen
typeresearch exposition
date25/10/2024
published16/12/2024
last modified16/12/2024
statuspublished
affiliationUniversity of Bergen, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD)
copyrightSIREN ELISE WILHELMSEN
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3105348/3105349
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/kmd-ar.3105348
published inFaculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen
portal issue8. PHD 2024
connected toFaculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen


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