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Photograph of text as seen in publication. (C) Rosie Benn 2019

MOSS – HAMMOCK – SHIT SITUATION

Text by Rosie Benn

HOW DO YOU MAKE A SANCTUARY OUT OF A SHIT SITUATION?
In life and in environmental politics

I started with a plan to make a zip wire, to play with the idea of alternative and ecological use of forest areas for tourism, in response to the ski resort dilemma. Yet feeling rough and worn out, due to a shit situation that occurred prior to the landing, my weary body encouraged me to take a slow and attentive approach to the ‘landing zone’ – designated land for research. After wrestling with ropes and slopes and all the metal joining pieces I had bought from Baumarkt, the result proved quite floppy and, well, just wasn’t working out. So I surrendered to my floppy heart and took a different pace.




Extract of text by Rosie Benn as published in C.A.T.: Catastrophic Animals on Terra – A guidebook to life elsewhere. This book can be purchased from the Art & Science office. Please contact us on .

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MOSS – HAMMOCK – SHIT SITUATION
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June 25, 2019