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From Matthew Moore & the Digital Farm Collective:
I am a fourth generation farmer whose land and life are quickly being overcome by suburbia. Because of the encroachment I was inspired to create the ‘Digital Farm Collective’ to collect and share the images from the most important daily process of agriculture, the growth of our produce. Using time-lapse photography, I have begun the process of filming everything I grow, and inviting other farmers to do the same. The arranged short films show a single production cycle of each plant/tree. Ambient noises are taken from the farm and plants while growing, and musicians inspired by the footage are invited to compose music to accompany the films.
"it's trying to give a voice to the plants, and the farmers that grow them"
Posted: March 10 2011
From Matthew Moore & the Digital Farm Collective:I am a fourth generation farmer whose land and life are quickly being overcome by suburbia. Because of the encroachment I was inspired to create the ‘Digital Farm Collective’ to collect and share the images from the most important daily process of agriculture, the growth of our produce. Using time-lapse photography, I have begun the process of filming everything I grow, and inviting other farmers to do the same. The arranged short films show a single production cycle of each plant/tree. Ambient noises are taken from the farm and plants while growing, and musicians inspired by the footage are invited to compose music to accompany the films.
The films will be used to educate consumers on the produce they purchase by showing the growing process as it happens in the field, reconnecting them to the land and time based concepts integral to the agricultural process. This project is a part of a larger effort to create an international database which conserves footage of plants grown across the globe. What is being created is a digital film herbarium that will build from growers filming their best crops, telling the story not only of the plants, but of the farmers and families as well.
Funding will be used to create time-lapse photography packages to send to two farmers to film their crops. Each package will include camera equipment, file transfer systems and instruction manuals. Development will include researching equipment, developing systems for file management, crating the instruction manual, recruiting farmers, the camera and technology components themselves, shipping, and storage. This funding will help to kick start the early components of a larger project documenting the life cycle of crops grown by farmers from all parts of the world.
Watch the clip on his idea here.
Watch the clip on his idea here.
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