Historical information
The work was installed at the cnr of Bridgport St and the Midland Hwy, adjacent to the Daylesford Library, in 1999. The work was commissioned by the Friends of the Library, Daylesford and funded by Arts Victoria and the Australia Council.
Significance
Poemscape: a physical anthology is a much loved site specific installation work commissioned by the Friends of the Library, funded by Arts Victoria and the Australia Council, made by Daylesford resident Patrick Jones in response to his interests in the provision of public food, the development of locavore sensibilities and the rethinking of economies of material accountability and regard.
Patrick Jones is a poet and non-fiction writer, a visual artist and ecological thinker.
In 2013 Patrick Jones was awarded the degree of Doctor in Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney for his thesis, 'Walking for food. Regaining permapoesis.'
Physical description
Public Art Environmental installation work installed near the Daylesford Library.
Poemscape: a physical anthology comprises of 19 apple trees (18 Fuji apple trees and 1 Granny Smith apple tree) planted on the corner of Bridgport St and the Midland Hwy, adjacent to the library. Adjacent to each tree is a hardwood plinth at topped with a laser engraved brass plate that has been screwed in place. The text of each plate is by 19 poets including the artist and Daylesford resident Patrick Jones, local poets Peter O'Mara, Toby Sime and Robert Campbell, Australian poets Geoff Page, Kath Walker, D T Sime, Judith Wright, Ramona Barry, Jack Davis, Robert Campbell, Christopher Brennan and International Poets Dylan Thomas - Welsh, Sylvia Plath - American, Choku Kanai - Japanese, William Blake - English, Duo Duo - Chinese (translated from the Chinese by John Rosenwald), Yannis Ritsos- Greek (translated from the Greek by Kimon Friar & Kostas Myrsiades), Michel Deguy - French (translated from the French by Clayton Eshleman), Seamus Heaney - Irish and Rainer Maria Rilke - German. The title plate adjacent to the Granny Smith apple tree is by the artist/poet - Patrick Jones.
Inscriptions & markings
See photographs with images of each of the laser engraved brass plates.
Subjects
- permapoesis,
- artist as family,
- patrick jones,
- william blake,
- kath walker,
- chaku kanai,
- peter o'mara,
- sylvia plath,
- dylan thomas,
- geoff page,
- duo duo,
- d.t. sime,
- judith wright,
- yannis ritsos,
- michel deguy,
- ramona barry,
- seamus heaney,
- jack davis,
- rainer maria rilke,
- robert campbell,
- christopher brennan,
- hepburn shire,
- daylesford library,
- public art,
- installation art,
- environmental art,
- hepburn shire public art collection
References
- Patrick Jones - Blog - Permapoesis Patrick Jones' blog with information about his practice, projects and books.
- Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman - Blog - Artist as Family Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman, with their sons Blackwood (Woody) and Zephyr's, blog 'Artist as Family' 'Hello! We are Artist as Family – Zero, Meg, Patrick, Woody and Zephyr. We live in Daylesford, Australia on a quarter-acre permaculture plot. We base our creative practice on our concept of permapoesis, which simply means permanent making – an antidote to disposable culture. We practice an art that participates in what it represents; an art of social warming in an era of global warming. Food ethics and politics are central to our practice. Generating food that brings human and ecological health and global justice is our creative call to arms. We teach foraging and other accountable living skills. We are bloggers, writers, poets, artists, video makers who also make music, but mostly we're a family who belong to a bloody great community and therefore we're much more than the sum of our parts.'
- Interview with Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman on 'The Morning Show' 7.12.15 Interview with Patrick Jones, Meg Ulman, their son Woody and dog Zero on 'The Morning Show' about their book 'The Art of Free Travel' and their 14 months cycling around the east coast of Australia.
- The Art of Free Travel - Book Trailer - Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman Trailer about Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman's book, 'The Art of Free Travel'
- Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman talk about their book, 'The Art of Free Travel' on the 'Today' show, Dec 7 2015 Interview with Patrick Jones, Meg Ulman, Woody and Zero (the dog) on the 'Today' show, 2015
- Walking for Food - Permapoesis - Daylesford Food Commons - A Geopoetical Survey - Patrick Jones A public food map drawn up of Daylesford by Patrick Jones in 2013 outlining foods freely available. Some food is temporary (i.e. mushrooms, yabbies), other food is no longer there.
- Link to info on 'How to Do Words With Things' by Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara Link to 'Books at Manic' website with listing of Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara's book, 'How to Do Words With Things'.
- Astrid Lorange review of 'How to Do Words With Things' Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara in 'Jacket Magazine', 2008 Review by Astrid Lorange of 'How to Do Words With Things' by Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara in 'Jacket Magazine', 2008
- 'Walking for Food - Regaining permapoesis' PhD - Patrick Jones 'Walking for Food - Regaining permapoesis - Patrick Jones, PhD dissertation submitted 30 October 2013 in fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Creative Arts at the University of Western Sydney.
- Daylesford Community Food Gardeners - 'Managing the Apples' Description of the maintenance/conservation provided to 'Poemscape: a physical anthology' on 28 February 2012 by Patrick Jones, Paul Dempsey, Anthony Petrucci, Fiona Porter and Jasper Fullerton-Crane.
- Community Food For All In Daylesford Article about the establishment of the Daylesford Community Garden adjacent to the library by a core group of 6 people including Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman.
