An Environment Studio Field Study program is being developed for 2013 (and beyond) in partnership with the South East Coastal Adaption Project – a project of the National Climate Change Adaption Research Facility.

Cities and agriculture: Agrarian Urbanism an article by Charles Waldheim Structures for growing: The Productive Surface an article by Mason White

Here are the download links to The Contested Landscapes of Western Sydney, An Exhibition of Visual Art. Contested Landscapes Catalogue Contested Landscapes Cover

See Street Gallery, Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank College of TAFE, Sydney, NSW. 19 August – 1 September, 2010 Photographic Documentation: John Reid To be viewed in conjunction with the exhibition catalogue posted for free download on this site. Overview Artist: Lorna Derby Lorna Derby  The Cake to Hunger Overview Artist: Kath Wootten Kath Wootten You [...]

Eighteen artists from the ANU School of Art who are participating in the Environment Studio 2010 Field Study, The Contested Landscapes of Western Sydney, exhibited artwork in the ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, 22 – 26 June, 2010, as part of the 2010 Fenner Conference, Canberra, ACT. Participating artists conducted field research in the [...]

He walks under the billboard through the long dead grass.  A house sits on a small hill in a sea of grass.  Some trees sit close on the hill, dead leaves still clinging to the branches.  Focusing on his feet to avoid the tangled clumps it is slow going more akin to climbing than walking.  [...]

DEBRA JOPSON May 16, 2010 The body representing 10 western Sydney councils has accused the federal government of ignoring its plans to stop the nation’s biggest city from gobbling up its farmland, risking a disastrous loss of crucial fresh food sources. ”The failure to take seriously the need for long-term agricultural land in the Sydney [...]

An Open Letter to Greenfields, Landcom, Camden Council, NSW State Government: Development Partners for Oran Park Town, Western Sydney Scale model of Oran Park Town. Photograph: John Reid We are writing to you in response to our visit to the Information Centre at Oran Park Town on Wednesday 28 April, 2010. We are a group [...]

At Naoshima in Japan the restoration of rice growing was seen as an Art Project. Because of pollution and the age of farmers the act of growing rice on the island had almost disappeared. However by linking with art and having a combined festival the act of growing food has been restored somewhat. Follow the [...]