To observe a landscape is to read time — it can act as a clock, a calendar, and a navigation system. A landscape is in constant flux, and through that change we can orient ourselves. By watching the stars, the flight of a bird, or the moss on a tree, one can navigate. Similarly, natural elements like the ebb and flow of tides, shifts in colour, texture, shape, and volume of flora, or the social behaviours of fauna, can help us perceive time.
Garden Journal Through Colour invites participants to observe and record the colours of a chosen landscape over the course of one year. Each month, participants document all colours present in a landscape of their choice, such as a garden, field, forest, or urban green space. Over time, this results in a colour code that reflects the gradual transformation of the landscape through seasonal change.
