2023
Mapping meaning: 2023
Workshop Dates: June 13-14, 2023
Final Event: June 15, 2023
Location: Hudson Valley, New York (Bard College Farm and Studio Kipp in Rhinebeck)
Our 2023 Mapping Meaning workshop brought together artists, activists, scientists, community members, and scholars from all disciplines and backgrounds to participate in a unique summer workshop, “Photodynamic Gardening” with Trudi Lynn Smith.
This two-day workshop experimented with plant-based photography, a dynamic image-making process engaging everyday ecologies. Focus was on fugitive photography practices, known as anthotypes and phytotypes that were first popularized in the 19th century before becoming supplanted by more permanent chemical processes. Cultivating a practice with impermanence and uncertainty, participants created images in relationship with plants, places, the sun and weather. Our workshop culminated with with sharing a temporary installation of work and closing party.
This workshop was developed by Trudi Lynn Smith, in collaboration with Mapping Meaning, the Bard College Farm, the Center for Experimental Humanities, and the Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities at Bard College, Annandale.
About Trudi Lynn Smith
Trudi is an artist, anthropologist, educator and clinical counsellor. Trudi works collaboratively with human and more than human communities at the intersection of experimental art, ethnography, and political ecology. They received an MA in Environmental Studies and a PhD in Visual Art and Anthropology from the University of Victoria and is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at University of Victoria. Learn more here: https://www.trudilynnsmith.com/