Abandonment

In parts of North Dakota, people have moved on and moved away. Barns and farmhouses sit empty in the vast, endless landscape, crumbling day by day. This evening, I came across these photos by Rick Craig, who captures these incredible scenes. This is the America that I am fascinated by and would love to explore. It's a place with some kind of personality, but with no persons there.

Images by Rick Craig

Funky Field

My book [on farming] arrived last week and since I have been reading up on poplar farms in Oregon, food matrixes, landgrab cities and art farms. I'm not sure if it's the food cultivation, sustainability or land preservation which evokes the most in me but I feel like I'm starting some good research before I head back to uni in September.

Images from Ruche

Farm Yard

The other night, just before I went to sleep, I had an epiphany. Whilst studying I had really got into urban agriculture and "food architecture" but looking back to my design outcomes, I'm not entirely satisfied. So I decided at this late hour, that I'm going to get back to my research and continue to develop my ideas.

As my searches started I came across BRACKET, a design collective who produce topical publications the first being [on farming]. It's a collection of essays and investigations by various people. There are some great images and once I have got my ethos, I hope to make some fab images of my own.

Image of Art Farm from BRACKET