Landscape drawing with a difference.
Draw the Line conjurers a figurative boundary we refuse to cross, beyond which no further compromise is accepted.
In collaboration with Land Studio students from University of Wollongong and community members from Capertee Valley, Leanne directed the ‘drawing’ of a line onto the landscape with bundled grasses. Over a few days, phragmites australis was harvested with scythes, bundled and formed into a continuous line.
Using the contour as a tool to help slow and distribute water is a practice in natural sequence farming. We mapped the level ground across the shape of the land with an A-frame before the line was laid down visually connecting ongoing community conversations about farming practices with the physical landscape.
Created to provoke conversations and act as a marker for future social engagement, as this site is where the Capertee Weaving Water land sculpture emerged in November 2020, images and questions relating to the work popped up throughout the community and on social media. The energy translated as a tangible momentum for Capertee Weaving Water. Over time it will transform from a community created ephemeral sculpture to become a living exhibit for NSF practices, holding water across the slope and enabling sediment to support new banded vegetation.
This artwork emerged at the intersection of many projects: KSCA artist Leanne Thompson, Land Studio pilot program, Capertee Valley Landcare, Capertee Weaving Water Project, Resilient Farmer's Project and Umbiella Farm, Glen Alice.
Read all about KSCA’s involvement with Land Studio Project here: https://www.ksca.land/blogf…/…/10/29/introducing-land-studio
Bamboo, grass, jute, participation, solar lights.
Draw the Line 2020, Umbiella, Glen Alice NSW