mijnKOOL, organic photography as a participatory design method
Abstract
mijnKOOL is an artistic participatory research project in which photographer Kristof Vrancken and design studio SOCIAL MATTER actively and naturally examined the Genk soil quality and composition using red cabbage and an organic photographic process. For this, we invited 12 Genk residents to plant a red cabbage in their garden and bring them together to let them experience the unique properties and forces containing plants.
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2018-09-18
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The participants created a photographic emulsion of their crop with the anthotype process, which resulted in an image. Depending on the acidity and composition of the soil in which the cabbage did grown changed the colour quality of the print. The use of red cabbage as a measuring instrument for soil composition gives an understanding of the impact that soil may have on ecology and food-production.
