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<div><b>Under the Paving Stones, the Soil!</b><br>
Online course in Permaculture, Art and Social Change<br>
April 10-August 7, 2021<br>
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<div>This innovative course will explore the philosophy of
permaculture and how it relates to urban gardening and social change.
We are living in an unprecedented time of crisis: climate chaos,
economic recession, ecological collapse, the rise of far-right
populism, and more. However, the Chinese symbol for crisis is a
combination of the symbols danger and opportunity: despite the risks,
there are now opportunities to build the world we want to live in,
right here, right now, within the shell of the old world that is
collapsing all around us. Permaculture is a holistic design system
that works on social as well as the ecological structures. It is like
a pair of glasses that allow you to see previously unseen
possibilities: that rubble-filled urban lot as a food forest; your
neighbourhood as a vibrant and resilient community; and yourself as
part of a hugely complex web of life and the natural patterns which
form the world around you. "Sous les pavés, la plage!" ("Under
paving stones, the beach!") is a slogan from the social upheaval in
Paris in May 1968. In this course, we will bring together practical,
hands-on permaculture techniques for growing food with the rich
theoretical framework that permaculture has to offer to cultural
workers. We will invite you to think, practice, debate, play, observe,
strategize, experiment and invent more sustainable, resilient, and
just forms of working and living together. The participants will also
receive individual advice concerning their own permacultural
projects.<br>
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<div>Course Facilitator Alfred Decker is an award-winning permaculture
designer, a certified educator with the Permaculture Association
Britain, and one of Europe's leading permaculture educators. Since
his first PDC in 1998 in California, Alfred has been involved with
social movements and projects throughout Europe and the Americas. He
is the founder of the 12 Principles Permaculture Design consultancy,
Permacultura Barcelona and the Forest Gardens project at Can Masdeu;
co-founder of the Spanish Permaculture Academy; and a former member of
the European Permaculture Teachers Partnership and the Permaculture
Council of Europe. Alfred holds a post graduate diploma in sustainable
architecture and renewable energy.<br>
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<div>The course will be accompanied by a seminar with Nicole Wolf (May
25, 7:30pm CET) who will reflect and expand on an interdisciplinary
urban permaculture design course "Soil - City- Solidarity" and
the symposium "'Tell me what matter was the ground' - Repair
beyond redemption" (both in 2019).<br>
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<div>Through the organization of the course the CCA Temporary Galery
would like to create an international group of art practitioners
involved in permacultural practices in order to exchange experiences
and think together how the daily practice of taking care of soil
influences our art-related activities and helps us to reimagine the
art system.<br>
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<div>In order to register write an email to <a
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></span>info@temporarygallery.org</a>, include 1-2 paragraphs about
yourself and your motivation to participate. Registration deadline:
March 31, 2021. We are convinced that all people must have access to
cultural events, that's why we also offer free participation
option.</div>
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<div>For the participants living in Cologne there is an opportunity of
joining a group organized by the CCA Temporary Gallery involved in the
work of the community garden NeuLand Köln.<br>
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<div>The course is a part of the project "and only the birds fly
first class...", which invites reflection on the structures of the
art system and possible reactions to them. Its aim is to go beyond
ordinary criticism of the mechanisms of the art scene and present
progressive ideas and solutions. The title of the project comes from
the song <a
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></span>"Mr. Nichols" by Coldcut and Saul Williams</a>, which is a
very apt description of the emotional state of despair, disorientation
and the need for turnaround in order to achieve a world in which
"only the birds fly first class".<br>
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<div>The project is curated by Aneta Rostkowska, director of Temporary
Gallery.<br>
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<div>Partners: <a
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