This is an archived event from Culture Days 2024.
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Big Ideas in Art and Culture: FASTWÜRMS
In-person
Climate Action Nature & outdoorsDate and time
Location
Abraham Erb Grist Mill in Waterloo Park
Caroline St North
Waterloo County, ON
Directions: Please follow this Google Maps link to the address: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZXc7r4n8nwmqvHo78.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Dark Earth Unicorn, presented by FASTWÜRMS, is a talk about deep soil intimacy, enhancing personal and social well being with the microbiome (Dirt XTC), and understanding the existential importance of the rhizosphere to all life on Earth. Dark Earth Unicorn is also a workshop about simple methods of making bio-char with pyrolysis, cost effective techniques for making aerobic compost/worm tea, and an introduction to high fertility (C.E.C.) fabric container growing.
Recipients of the 2023 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, FASTWÜRMS is
the cultural project, trademark, and shared authorship of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse, who create
poly-disciplinary works of art that mix performance and performative events into the context of immersive installations, collective making and social exchange project. FASTWÜRMS are represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.
This unique blend of lecture AND workshop will be in-person at Abraham Erb Grist Mill in Waterloo Park, rain or shine!
Links
- CAFKA Website cafka.org
- Eventbrite eventbrite.com
Organizer
Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area (CAFKA)
Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area (CAFKA) is a non-profit, charitable, artist-run organization that presents a free biennial exhibition of contemporary art in the public spaces of Waterloo Region. Between biennial exhibitions, CAFKA presents public artworks and provides professional development opportunities for the visual arts community. As Ontario’s oldest public art forum, for over 20 years, CAFKA has brought thought provoking contemporary art to the public spaces of the Region in order to inspire, engage, and enrich community life.