Currently trying to edit the saturation issue out.
This week’s experiment was my favourite so far. I found it fun to look for a new location (Bluebird Park) and access the area. The park area I travelled to sparked a new Train of thought for me. I looked at the areas where nature had been trampled or polluted by humans and began to think about the way/ if any this damage could be undone. Anna Tsing poses the question of “What emerges in damaged landscapes, beyond the call of industrial promise and ruin?” (Tsing, A 2015) This stood out to me as an important question to be thought over in relation to the location I chose. It was important for me to not only consider the immediate damage that the environment faced, but also consider the ways in which the environment transforms and alters, around and because of the human impact it experiences.
Reflecting on the first five weeks of Invisible Environments whilst videoing the Bluebird Park location, I found myself able to focus strongly on paying attention to different sights and sounds I wouldn’t usually. That past five weeks have equipped me with the tools I need to pay extra attention to my surroundings and objects that do not stand out.
The park I chose to focus on had a native conservation area and signs that marked out human free areas. Tsing writes that “Restoration requires disturbance- but the disturbance to enhance diversity and the healthy functioning of ecosystems”. I found this could be linked with Bluebird park. The signs aiming to protect the native flora and fauna and human additions helped to keep some areas cleaner and less polluted.
REFERENCE:
Tsing, A. L. (2015). The mushroom at the end of the world: On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins (1st ed.). Princeton University Press.