Earth – Light – Time is an ar­ti­stic–e­co­lo­gi­cal pro­ject that connects the prin­cip­les of per­ma­cul­ture with pho­to­gra­phy and va­rious vi­su­al tech­ni­ques. At its core lies the idea of trans­la­ting a mind­ful and su­staina­ble en­ga­ge­ment with na­ture into ar­ti­stic pro­ces­ses, and ma­king the re­la­ti­on­ship bet­ween earth, light, and time per­cep­ti­ble.

In the per­ma­cul­ture gar­den, we work clo­se­ly with the na­tu­ral en­vi­ron­ment. Our ma­te­ri­a­ls—­pho­to­gra­phy, cya­no­type, print­ma­king, dra­wing, and pain­ting—re­spond di­rect­ly to local con­di­ti­ons and to the chan­ges brought by the sea­sons. The gar­den thus be­co­mes an open field of ex­pe­ri­men­ta­ti­on, where un­ex­pec­ted im­pres­si­ons emer­ge and where we con­ti­nu­al­ly adapt our wor­king me­thods to pro­ces­ses of trans­for­ma­ti­on.

Earth – Light – Time un­der­stands the gar­den as an urban re­fu­ge, a place of grow­th, change, and the in­ter­play of dif­fe­rent life forms. The pro­ject seeks to make per­ma­cul­ture more vi­si­ble and to in­spi­re new per­spec­ti­ves on the re­la­ti­on­ship bet­ween hu­mans, na­ture, and the city.

On­going pro­ject in co­ope­ra­ti­on with Ger­hard Kurtz and Per­ma­kul­tur Dort­mund e.V.
Fun­ded by the Cul­tu­ral Of­fice of the City of Dort­mund