WILD_ _ NESS/WEIRD _ NESS

August 7-13, 2016 Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada

If wild _ _ ness situates itself apart from the cultivated world—untamed, unrestrained, unruly—and weird_ness draws its roots from a supernatural state, what does design need to do to suspend its own belief? Is there something to being in wild_ _ness that offers an alternative to the design process? Can design bewilder?

WILD_ _ NESS // WEIRD _ NESS
By: Gwen MacGregor, Lewis Nicholson
Increasingly I have become suspicious of the wilderness
By: Gwen MacGregor
Some thoughts on Wilderness, Wildness, and Weirdness
By: Cat Normoyle
Wilderness is often romanticized. It is referred to as nature; mother earth. It is natural and beautiful—untamed, unmanaged, unlabeled, uncategorized, untouched, unrestored, yet often what we are actually referring to is some sort of colonized version of wildness. It is a controlled, picturesque, and not untamed wildness, in fact. Wildness is untamed; still thought of […]
“The Crabs were elusive, Little George Retired, and the Weirdness of the Crustacea Transcends Time and Space”
By: Rodney Sayers
Wildness/Weirdness
By: Dagmar Dahle
ANTHRO-TOPO-Scene
By: Hester Jiskoot
Collaboration mediated by nature
By: Cat Normoyle, Rebecca Tegtmeyer
WILD_ _ NESS \ / WEIRD_NESS
By: DesignInquiry