Making and growing as connective tissue.
Living soil as a thrumming network of communication.
The threshold as a permeable membrane like skin.
Permeare was an ephemeral and interactive ‘making’ experience that slowly grew through each small addition into a complex system of connections.
The relational processes involved brought together ongoing dialogue from the Capertee Hydrology + Weaving Water projects where regenerative land practices were creatively linked to experiential activities from foraging in wetlands, to weaving workshops, giant land sculptures and water ceremonies.
This 4-day evolving installation offered a unique opportunity to reflect and disseminate some of the knowledge gleaned from these local projects, reinvigorating community involvement in ongoing discussion on hydrology and land practices while connecting the wider Cementa audience that spans a urban/rural intersection.
As a relational meeting place, the artwork aimed to gather and generate two complimentary forms of material knowledge; tacit & haptic. Learning from an embodied engagement with material (foraged plants from key wetland species) and collaborative knowledge generated through making and doing within a multi-participant engagement and dialogue process (interactive installation).
The participants learnt about vascular plants holding water in the landscape, preparing plant fibre, making string and cordage and then added their small sections into the network of mycelial-like growth of the burgeoning installation.