{"id":3697,"date":"2014-06-14T22:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T02:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2014-06-15T01:15:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:15:51","slug":"pdx-2014-week-1-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/pdx-2014-week-1-report\/","title":{"rendered":"PDX 2014 week 1 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in PDX this month\u00a0in residence at an awesome tiny home, through Ann Chen&#8217;s good graces and her project NDOI (Nomadic Dept of the\u00a0Interior); Ann also\u00a0cofounded\u00a0<a href=\"I%20am here on residence through NDOI (Nomadic Dept of the\u00a0Interior) who cofounded\u00a0Phats Valley residency in Cape Cod,\">Phats Valley Residency<\/a> in Cape Cod.\u00a0This house is a handmade cabin, in the middle of NE PDX. Its chief resident is a cat named Miriam.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3697 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/pdx-2014-week-1-report\/2014-06-08-11-01-22\/'><img width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-11.01.22-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-11.01.22-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-11.01.22-324x324.jpg 324w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-11.01.22-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-10.35.31-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-10.35.31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-10.35.31-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/pdx-2014-week-1-report\/2014-06-08-09-07-22\/'><img width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-08-09.07.22-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I&#8217;m spending the rest of June setting up things for July-August.<br \/>\nAt that time, I hope we&#8217;ll be testing designs, doing some public events (including food, drinks, walks, kayaking and talks), growing mycelium to test forms and density, and getting the clay cup and tea plan\u00a0organized.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still looking for a cube-truck sized piece of\u00a0riverside land to do this all on, just a 2 month loan&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3697 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/pdx-2014-week-1-report\/2014-06-14-16-47-59\/'><img width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-14-16.47.59-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>1. Carrying a dirty shovel on public buses and into Safeway\u00a0is a great conversation starter, ranging from toxic clay to Brooklyn weaponry to &#8220;Are you alright?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2-11. Dug 40 lbs of clay up by Linnton, with <a href=\"http:\/\/pnca.edu\/graduate\/c\/cd\">PNCA MFA CD<\/a> colleagues\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pnca.edu\/graduate\/students\/c\/cd\">Alicia Navarette<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/pnca.edu\/graduate\/students\/c\/cd\">Emilie Skytta<\/a>\u00a0(thanks Alicia for documenting!!!). Finding the site required\u00a0some remembering, but it&#8217;s a nice exposed bank of relatively elastic clay, and clean of debris and vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>12,13. I \u00a0broke it up into small pieces to dry out in the PNCA Ceramics studio. I&#8217;ll condition it next week.<\/p>\n<p>14. A bowl made of mycelium from ecovative. Made by <a href=\"http:\/\/tlaag.com\/\">TLAAG<\/a>, my\u00a0Sampan Super Chai design partners.<\/p>\n<p>15. Pea flowers (edible) that I am freezing.\u00a0Planning a big dinner end of the month at <a href=\"http:\/\/cyrilspdx.com\/\">Cyril&#8217;s PDX<\/a>, with their chef Marie Mourou, and the generosity of proprietors\u00a0Sasha and Michael, who\u00a0run in tandem <a href=\"http:\/\/claypigeonwinery.com\/\">Clay Pigeon Winery<\/a>. They &#8212; and their output\/progeny\/love fare &#8212; are delicious.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 202px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3697-1\" width=\"202\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Linnton-Tower-iPhone.m4v?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Linnton-Tower-iPhone.m4v\">https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Linnton-Tower-iPhone.m4v<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>This is a recording\u00a0from Linnton today, on the way to the clay banks on the Willamette. We walked from the train tracks where we parked the car, past a foul former something (electric grid hub, cleaning pools?), past some young-looking wetlands scrub, and past\u00a0the landmark radio towers. Huge beasties, with delicate birdsong\u00a0all around.<\/p>\n<p>+ + +<\/p>\n<p>Other things that happened:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliverk.org\/\">Oliver Kellhammer<\/a> and I skype-planned some public engagement actions for late July. He&#8217;ll be coming from work with Kathy High in Troy, doing brownfields work\u00a0with NATURE lab. Ethnoecologist\u00a0Kimberlee Chambers will be joining us in thinking through food. Consider: nature walks, specimen collection, umwelts, picnics, kayaks, bioremediation superstars, design charrettes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some\u00a0titles:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Otter (or Osprey) Umwelt<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The Jacob von Uexk\u00fcll Memorial Picnic Kayak<br \/>\n<\/em>With Oliver Kellhammer and Kimberlee Chambers<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mighty Mouse Botanical Scavenger Hunt<br \/>\n<\/strong>in the Willamette Cove<br \/>\nwith Oliver Kellhammer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Working with Non Human Helpers<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Design charrette on using remediating materials in Sampan Super Chai<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More to come on this soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in PDX this month\u00a0in residence at an awesome tiny home, through Ann Chen&#8217;s good graces and her project NDOI (Nomadic Dept of the\u00a0Interior); Ann also\u00a0cofounded\u00a0Phats Valley Residency in Cape Cod.\u00a0This house is a handmade cabin, in the middle of NE PDX. Its chief resident is a cat named Miriam. I&#8217;m spending the rest of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/pdx-2014-week-1-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PDX 2014 week 1 report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3705,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions\/3705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}