Change Studies at KD’s Backyard Gardens
There is a curiosity-inspiring little community growing in the fenced-in yard next to 11th St.’s Victory Grill. Between that historic venue and the nearby trailer eateries which buffer old East 11th from the monstrously modern new orange-balconied development, is Kenny Dorham’s backyard, a fantastic place to take in some blues or soul music, tend to some plots, or to have a healthy garden-to-plate meal with kind new friends.
I made a post on the Austin Time Exchange Network a few months back, offering my services as a photographer to do a time-lapse sequence of a project or place. Kesten Broughton, proprietor of SunFarmKitchens, a (partially) solar-powered food trailer, has been spearheading the community garden projects and hosting Fambly Dinner once a week, and he took me up on the offer. So far I have been out there 3 times, and it has been a good learning experience for me to observe the changes and try and figure out the best way to capture it on camera. Some of the work-in-progress below:
sunflowers, 5/7/12
sunflowers, 5/16/12
sunflowers, 6/21/12
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center garden, 5/7/12
center garden, 5/16/12
center garden, 6/21/12
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haybed, 5/7/12
haybed, 5/16/12
haybed-turned-food, 6/21/12
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mural side, 5/7/12
mural side, 5/16/12
mural side, 6/21/12
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This last time I was there, there was a lot of stuff growing all around, so I have a lot of extra pictures which do not show an evolution. See those and more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/70127061@N07/sets/
Do you to-do List?
Now seeking submissions for an ongoing to-do list gallery. (virtual. here).
I like the scanned piece of paper (or whatever you write on) sent as a jpg of web-quality size (72 dpi), but at least 800 pixels on one of its sides.
Send to collectionrert<>at<>gmail<>dot<>com
Starting, …NOW!
Please and Thank You.
p.s. I stole/borrowed the Please and Thank you from mr. chad hopper, my beloved heartmate.
p.p.s. so, the idea is, I wanna see how+what people write, when they are writing reminders to themselves, be it in a very structured format, or in a more right-brain wabi-sabi way… If you send, I will post.
Synaesthetic Breakfast 