S3.E6 Foraging

S3E6: Foraging

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Co-Hosts: Sara Blaylock and Lutz Koepnick

In this episode, we speak with New York–based artist Mary Mattingly about her work, including Swale, a floating food forest where people can freely gather berries, herbs, and other edible plants in a shared public space. Mary reflects on the practice of foraging, her projects exploring time and the materials that make art possible, and what plants, water, and soil can teach us. Co-hosts Sara Blaylock and Lutz Koepnick also speak with artists, critics, curators, and chefs about how foraging can inspire new approaches to art and challenge extractive ways of thinking.

Mary Mattingly: “Pull” (2013). From the “House and Universe” project.
Mary Mattingly: “Swale (Floating Food Forest)” (2016–2020, NYC Waterways)
Mary Mattingly: “Cobalt Photographs” (2016/2023) | Exhibited at: KUNST HAUS WIEN (Mining Photography, 2023)

To find out more about Mary Mattingly, visit https://marymattingly.com/

Click this link for a bio of guest co-host Sara Blaylock, a professor of art history from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Interviewed participants at the Liverpool workshop on “Speculative Methods for Retrieving Lost Futures” include:

For more on BOARC, the artistic research center and former observatory which hosted this workshop, please follow this link.

Books and essays mentioned in this episode:


Videos about Mary Mattingly quoted in this episode:

Mary Mattingly: “Water Clock” (2024, East Haddam, Connecticut)