SEED BOMBS

    SEED BOMB PRODUCTION SEED BOMB PRODUCTION

KATHRYN MILLER

(1991-2002)

THE ARTIST THROWING SEED BOMBS

THE ARTISTS THROWING SEED BOMBS IN GOLETA, CALIFORNIA

 

MADE FROM COMPRESSED SOIL  AND SEEDS, SEED BOMBS ARE DESIGNED TO BE THROWN INTO AREAS THAT ARE DEGRADED, PHYSICALLY ABUSED OR IN NEED OF VEGETATION.

THE SEEDS I USE ARE ALWAYS CHOSEN TO MATCH THE NATIVE ECOLOGY OF THE AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE USED.

DURING EXHIBITIONS, SEED BOMBS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO GALLERY AND MUSEUM VISITORS SO THEY CAN HELP ME WITH MY PROJECT.

IDEALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE SEEDS ARE COLLECTED FROM LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS IN LATE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER FOR SEED BOMBS TO BE THROWN OUT IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER DURING OUR RAINY SEASON.

 SEED BOMBS SPROUTING SEED BOMBS SPROUTING
SEED BOMBS GIVEN AWAY AT EXHIBITIONS SEED BOMBS TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT EXHIBITIONS

THROWING A SEED BOMB IS A SMALL-SCALE NON-SANCTIONED ACT
THAT HELPS CONNECT PEOPLE TO THEIR LANDSCAPE.  IT ONLY MAKES A TINY DENT IN OUR OVER-DEVELOPED, OVER-WATERED NON-NATIVE PLANT ENVIRONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE (LIKE IT WAS FOR ME) IT MAY BE THE FIRST STEP IN COMING TO TERMS WITH A NEW WAY OF SEEING  AND UNDERSTANDING OUR NATIVE LANDSCAPES AND KNOWING THAT WE CAN TAKE THINGS INTO OUR OWN HANDS.

   SEED BOMBED AREA NEXT TO A FREEWAY IN GOLETA, CA SEED BOMBED AREA NEXT TO A FREEWAY IN GOLETA, CALIFORNIA
  TARGET SITE LOS ANGELES AREA

TARGET SITE, LOS ANGELES AREA

     
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