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Wilderland has two websites, one always-on, higher resolution website that is heavier to run, and one experimental, situated site, that is solar powered, and in the Nephin Park
The solar site might not always be on or available, it also has other quirks, and will be slower. Adjust your expectactions for this Permacomputing + Small Web alternative.
Breadfellows' Chats is an artistic research methodology developed by artist Clare Breen. It adapts to many different environments and is focused on collaborative making in informal learning spaces and is process oriented.
During a Breadfellows' Chat two or more people come together to have a conversation and to make an object together from clay. Clare uses clay as a medium to extend dialogue. It stimulates verbal exchange and adds a physical aspect to a conversation. She calls these clay objects companions.
The word companion means friend - someone or something you spend time with. “Companion” is derived from the Latin “com” meaning with and the French “panis” meaning bread, so companion literally means “with bread” or sharing bread together, hence the name Breadfellows' Chats.
It should always be possible to use the companion to share a meal. The conversation that takes place during a Breadfellows' Chat is as important as the companions themselves. Breadfellows' Chats foreground conversation and collaborative making as co-constructive learning methodologies. Clare aims to create spaces in which non-hierarchical learning takes place through artistic practice between the public, artists and institutions.
As part of WIlderland, Clare is hosting Breadfellows' Chats with communities living around Wild Nephin National Park. Participating groups will learn how to make simple pinch pots and handbuilt pottery, and work collaboratively to make a set of community pottery vessels. These pots will be glazed and fired by artists Elaine Harrington and Mary Conroy, and then returned to the communities to keep and use in gatherings and feast events.
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