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pollinator picnic: residency

Pollinator Picnic Residency

Pollinator Picnic Residency as an interactive public process for the duration of "Interludes" Art in the Park 2019. The residency is a temporary artist in residence which creates mason bee houses

to attract pollinator populations and activated the public space to engage visitors to Elm Park and the mobile pollinator unit. Based on the islands in the Elm Mere Ponds, I will make weekly trips to the park to complete a choreographed score to navigate the

mere pond by watercraft.

 

During this routine, I will collect water for Transplants, gather litter to create mason bee houses, and dredge muddy areas of the pond to create sculptural mud pies.

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The residency was documented on "Worcester By Bike" though a chance encounter with Worcester Telegram and Gazette writer Scott Foskett.

I am my own constellation. Design is the telescoping ladder that I keep in my apron.

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As an interdisciplinary eco-artist, I am committed to challenging viewers to confront the impact of human actions on our natural environment. My work inspires social consciousness and sparks memories related to the act of disposal by transforming discarded materials into powerful public works of art. 


My practice is built upon three key methods: interactive fieldwork, arts-based research, and appropriation of industrial processes on a human scale. I use walking and a paddleboard to collect physical artifacts from locations to create site-specific mobile studios and perform acts of maintenance in the spaces where the materials were retrieved. Circularity is a central theme, where I become the mechanism for recycling and repurposing waste as a primary medium to drive the conversation around sustainable practices and the personal protection of our ecosystems.

 © 2021 by kathryn egnaczak

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