Mark Prier

Artwork

Broadcasting Map, 1 Pinch Yarrow Seeds : 50 Steps, 2006-2008

Performance description: Choose a random trajectory mixing typical daily walks. Every 50 steps, drop a pinch of yarrow (Achillea millefolium) seeds.

Broadcasting Map, 1 Pinch Yarrow Seeds : 50 Steps has been performed in three locations: Corner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (August 26, 2006); Väskinde area of Gotland, Sweden (July 21, 2008); and Kungsholmen area of Stockholm, Sweden (September 1, 2008).

Photos: Christine Shaw (Corner Brook), Mark Prier (Väskinde), and Nisse Johansson (Kungsholmen).

A close-up of a man's brown hiking shoe and shin. The man pulls up his tan pantleg to reveal a pouch strapped around his ankle. A close-up of the inside of a beige pouch revealing hundreds of tiny yarrow seeds. Next to a fingertip, the seeds look very small. A close-up of an outstretched hand with a pinch of yarrow seeds nestled in the palm. A close-up of a thumb and index finger dropping a pinch of yarrow seeds. Some of the seeds are stuck to the fingertip. Looking down at a kneeling man dropping a pinch of yarrow seeds onto a round plaque on the ground that bears the image of a compass rose indicating north. The plaque is surrounded by a circle of concrete set in a gravel path. A man in a beige hat and blue shirt kneels on a narrow dirt path that cuts through a pine forest toward the camera. The man is dropping a pinch of yarrow seeds onto the path. A man kneels at the curb before pedestrian crossing for a a city street. Cars whip by, blowing up the man's hair as he drops a pinch of yarrow seeds on the sidewalk.
A man in a beige hat stands in the middle of a city street on a pedestrian crossing. He is dropping a pinch of yarrow seed onto the street. A man in a beige hat and blue shirt kneels on a limestone alvar to unzip a pouch of seeds strapped around his ankle. In the background is a small red cottage with a yard enclosed by a white fence. A man in a blue jacket kneels on a paved city trail, dropping a pinch of yarrow seeds as a young girl carrying a messenger bag passes by watching. A man in a beige hat sits on the large rectangular rocks that line a gravel trail overlooking a city nestled between hills. He is dropping a pinch of yarrow seeds beside the rocks. A pinch of yarrow seeds lie upon a granite surface speckled with pink and blue. A man in a beige hat and blue shirt walks away from the camera on a two-track dirt road that cuts through a pine forest.