Scroll down to learn about the 8 collaborative projects!

Scroll down to learn about the 8 collaborative projects!

Recent project blog posts
Sunflowers, seeds and songs
Sunflowers, seeds and songs

Kim and Lucas have been very busy working with collaborators in Mackay on a project that reimagines the relationship between sugarcane farming and The Reef, and has sunflowers at its heart. Kim’s penned some songs, Lucas has written some reflections and there’s a lovely video of a planting event last year too.

Embracing Complexity
Embracing Complexity

5 years ago, Imogen Semmler left the wacky world of festival production and art making to pursue an Ecology degree at UNE in Armidale. Now, with a vast soil science knowledge bank in her back pocket, she is pursuing a project that bridges these two worlds.

Three solar energy concepts that will surprise and delight...
Three solar energy concepts that will surprise and delight...
Into the hole

I am in over 1.5 meters which is just up to my shoulder. The going has been both slower and faster than last time…
There is no time in a hole, I have no idea what day it is
Video #3: Carbon Science:Carbon Culture workshops at The Living Classroom
Video #3: Carbon Science:Carbon Culture workshops at The Living Classroom

We had a brilliant time at our first residency delivering workshops to local regenerative farming community and local kids

humus:human at Siteworks in Bundanon
humus:human at Siteworks in Bundanon

The humus:human project has had its first proper outing - at Siteworks, Bundanon Trust’s annual art/science event. Jono Bolitho reports back…
Starting on Day three - Back in the hole
Bjorn and Mark in Kandos - the solar project gets rolling
Bjorn and Mark in Kandos - the solar project gets rolling

Is solar being used enough in the bush? Is there scope for some new approaches? Mark Swartz and collaborator Bjorn Sturmberg venture into the field to find out.

Video #2: An Artist, A Farmer and a Scientist Walk into a Bar... opens at Bingara!
Video #2: An Artist, A Farmer and a Scientist Walk into a Bar... opens at Bingara!

Diego Bonetto takes us through the opening event of An Artist, A Farmer and A Scientist walk into a bar...

Click on the images below for artist blogs and project Info:

A Gateway for Aboriginal Agriculture? Karla Dickens & Bruce Pascoe

A Gateway for Aboriginal Agriculture?
Karla Dickens & Bruce Pascoe

Soil & the Carbon Economy Lucus Ihlein with Allan Yeomans

Soil & the Carbon Economy
Lucus Ihlein with Allan Yeomans

Wildfood.store Diego Bonetto & collaborators

Wildfood.store
Diego Bonetto & collaborators

A hole for the Living Classroom Alex Wisser

A hole for the Living Classroom
Alex Wisser

humus:human Laura Fisher & Jono Bolitho with Glenn Morris

humus:human
Laura Fisher & Jono Bolitho with Glenn Morris

Solar energy for the farmer Mark Swartz, Bjorn Sturmberg & Epicurean Harvest

Solar energy for the farmer
Mark Swartz, Bjorn Sturmberg & Epicurean Harvest

Farmers in Flux Imogen Semmler

Farmers in Flux
Imogen Semmler

Willow Circle Georgie Pollard with Ruy Anaya de la Rosa

Willow Circle
Georgie Pollard with Ruy Anaya de la Rosa

 
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@karla_dickens, current #artistfarmerscientist project artist-in-residence at The Living Classroom, looking like trouble. #ksca #afsproject
Some serious artist-farmer-scientist speculation going on right here @bulamirri farm. The starting point: solar panels and the leaves of plants do the same thing: capture the sun's rays and convert it to energy. The proposition: to create some kind of symbiotic relationship between the technology and plants so that sunshine is harvested to best effect, while creating other ecological and aesthetic benefits too. In on the action are Bjorn of @suntenants, Mark of @feather_edge, Erika and Hadyn of @epicureanharvest and two delightful dogs. #artfarm #ecologicalagriculture #collaboration #solarenergy #photosynthesis #symbiosis #ecology #synthesis #sculpture #ksca #artistfarmerscientist #afsproject #growingandcreating #artresidency #farming
We finally got our hemp crop in. After two years of trying, we finally have the license and enough water to plant. Watch this space, we will be posting our progress shots as we go!
Here are KSCA artists Kim and Lucas, welcoming people to harvest at 'Sunflower and Song', an amazing event that was part of their Land Art project about sustainable sugarcane agriculture in Mackay. We have a fresh blog post at ksca.land with a brand new video of their planting event 'Seed and Song', links to original songs written by Kim (whose ukelele is never far from hand) and reflections written by Lucas. This has been a mammoth project in collaboration with farmers, Aboriginal and South Sea Islander communities, Great Barrier Reef scientists, the curious public as well as ecological systems and unpredictable weather patterns - look, read, listen, be surprised. KSCA is proud to have you amongst us Kim and Lucas!! #regenerativeagriculture #collaboration #soilhealth #sociallyengagedart #landart #farming #greatbarrierreef