Love
We have many stories that explore the value of what we make which extends beyond financial reward.
Heart of Parijat - Ranjith Sivaraman shares his poem inspired by Tanya Dutt's recounting of the romantic myth of the coral jasmine flower.
The Song of the actinomycetes - Priyanka Jain sings about microbes in medieval Indian miniature paintings of a love that is triggered by the smell of rain.
Masters of Craft: Five years later - This Garland podcast explores how the gentrification of trades that developed in the 2010s has fared during the pandemic. It offers a glimpse of a renewed interest in ancient craft practices.
The power of wedding adornments - Khushbu Mathur itemises the rituals and adornments of a Hindu wedding, showing how love is exchanged through conduits of auspiciousness.
Adil Writer ✿ Clay dreams of love - Adil Writer presents a series of figures that evoke the fraught condition of love for the Parsi community specifically and India generally.
Fishing for future love in Laos - In keeping with the "craft of love" theme, our March laurel goes to a Lao fisherman, discovered by Samorn Sanixay, who crocheted a net for a future wife.
Sundar Sari: A reverie of past loves - As part of Border&Fall’s exploration of the sari as a form of embodied culture, Pooja Kaul has produced a poetic film, Sundar Sari, that reflects the way this garment holds memories.
How much has your year been worth? Bridget Kennedy exhibition - Our Love and Money issue identified the importance of non-monetary value in what we make. One of the themes emerging from the Garland journey is the value of labour in its own terms, not only as an expression of love but also as a way of thinking and being together.
Loved up? A review of Love: Art of Emotion 1400-1800 - Inga Walton takes us on a walk through the National Gallery of Victoria exhibition Love: The Art of Emotion 1400-1800. She finds works that testify to the creative power of love, but asks at the same time how dependent this is on the money necessary to show it.
And on the other hand:
Masters of Craft: Five years later - This Garland podcast explores how the gentrification of trades that developed in the 2010s has fared during the pandemic. It offers a glimpse of a renewed interest in ancient craft practices.
The quest for hi-fi design - Garland interviews Lou Weis, creative director of Broached Commissions, about his core vision for high fidelity in design and how he uses the market to achieve this.
Hipster capitalism explained - While researching current thinking about the role of money in making, Garland came across a provocative article "Hipster capitalism" that contextualises the revival of trades as art.
Jewellery for free - Vicki Mason discovers the power of jewellery as a currency to connect strangers together. She writes about her Broaching Change project and jewellery ventures done for love.
What Daniel Blake won’t sell - Ken Loache's film, I, Daniel Blake, depicts the struggle for dignity in the face of inhuman bureaucracy. In one rearguard gesture, Daniel Blake refuses to sell an object he has handmade for a neighbour's boy.
For love or money? – A call for works - What happens when an artwork is specified as “Not for Sale”? What are the reasons for refusing to exchange the work for money? Our June #7 issue we will consider not just what we make, but also why we make. Do we make to put bread on the table every day, with the prospect of […]