thinking through the
intimacy
of “wasting” infrastructures
intimacy
of “wasting” infrastructures
The de-composed manifesto
is embroidered into
Cotton,
Gossypium hirsutum
dyed with
Pokeberry,
Phytolacca americana
Black Walnut,
Juglans nigra
Coffee,
Coffea arabica?
Marigold,
Tagetes erecta
and Indigo,
Tagetes erecta.
This tangible piece explores the concept
compost as form
as a real, physical
way to make art and thus make worlds:
“While I am beholden to compost as a physical process
in forests, farming, gardening and living
that transforms “waste” into
crumbly, soil-like nourishment
through the very art of decay,
I also embed my mind within this rich darkness
in a practice of thinking
through, with, and out of
dangerous, polluting structures which shape a world
also in great need of decay
and vital transformation
(always and already underway).”
The manifesto is a decomposed version
of the academic paper itself,
composed of key phrases and words
embedded in the written work.
It is a hot-compost-piling,
a generous borrowing
of ideas and phrases
from ecological-thinkers such as
Donna Haraway,
Max Liborion,
Maria Puig de la Bellacasa,
Silvia Federici,
Robin Wall Kimmerer,
Timothy Morton,
and more.
of the academic paper itself,
composed of key phrases and words
embedded in the written work.
It is a hot-compost-piling,
a generous borrowing
of ideas and phrases
from ecological-thinkers such as
Donna Haraway,
Max Liborion,
Maria Puig de la Bellacasa,
Silvia Federici,
Robin Wall Kimmerer,
Timothy Morton,
and more.
The de-composed manifesto
was made into a zine
printed on zerox and risograph
at Eureka!,
in Kingston, NY.
To request access to the full paper and literature review,
“Compost Toilet As A Radical Act Of Care? A gentle invitation to deal with our shit.”
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“Compost Toilet As A Radical Act Of Care? A gentle invitation to deal with our shit.”
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