Wood sticks lying on the ground, in diverse locations, caught the attention of different foragers. Together they form a distributed network, as narrations on exposed nature.
This is a simulation of a decentralized network that came into existence during spring 2020, and has been growing ever since…
31°31’45.66”N 35°5’37.68”E
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“I hope life is good there.
How have you been doing during these odd times. All’s well here… working away, close to home of course.… We are back on tighter restrictions, 5km from home and only essential shops open, but it’s not too bad.
I’ve posted you some sticks, 4 in all, from within the 5km. You should have them by the end of the week. I look forward to seeing how it comes together. And in the new Munch museum, that’s great. What’s it like inside? It was still under construction when I was in Oslo.
It would be lovely to meet again soon, hopefully next year. Take care of yourself and let me know if you need any more info from me about the sticks!”
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“My parents house is luckily dry. Now at my friends….”
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“There are no trees here”
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“This is were they are building the new datacentre”
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“One day I hope it will be possible for us to move freely. I would then bring sticks from the whole country.”
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“Another area caught by fire.“
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“I found this one by his grave”.
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Why does my dog like sticks?**
“Sticks remind your pup of a bone since they're similar in size and shape. Their wooden spongy-like texture is perfect for sinking teeth in and gnawing on. They love to forage and find treasures, and sticks are readily available. Sticks feel like a reward for the conquest of traipsing through the woods. Sticks carry a musky, earthy forest smell of woodlands and wild animals, which is attractive to your dog.”
stick*
noun: stick; plural noun: sticks; plural noun: the sticks
1. a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.
Similar: piece of wood, twig, small branch, cane, pole, beanpole, post, stake, upright, rod
• a long, thin piece of wood used for support in walking or as a weapon.
Similar: walking stick, cane, staff, malacca, alpenstock, blackthorn, ashplant, rattan, thumb stick
crook, crutch, waddy, club, cudgel, bludgeon, shillelagh, truncheon, baton, birch, switch rod, lathi, danda, kierie, knobkerrie, cosh
• (in hockey, polo, and other games) a long, thin implement, typically made of wood, with a curved head or angled blade that is used to hit or direct the ball or puck.
• (in field hockey) the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder. • a short, thin piece of wood used to impale food.
“lolly sticks”
• INFORMAL
goalposts or cricket stumps.
• ARCHAIC • NAUTICAL a mast or spar.
• a piece of basic furniture.
“every stick of furniture just vanished”
2. a long, thin piece of something. “a stick of dynamite”
• used to refer to a very thin person or limb. “the girl was a stick”
• (of a figure) drawn with short, thin, straight lines. modifier noun: stick
“stick drawings of a man and girl” • a conductor’s baton.
• a gear or control lever.
• US
a quarter-pound pack of butter or margarine.
• a number of bombs or paratroopers dropped rapidly from an aircraft.
“the sticks of bombs rained down”
• a small group of soldiers assigned to a particular duty.
“a stick of heavily armed guards”
3. a threat of punishment or unwelcome measures (often contrasted with the offer of reward as a means of persuasion).
“training that relies more on the carrot than on the stick”
INFORMAL • BRITISH
severe criticism or treatment.
“I took a lot of stick from the press”
Similar: criticism, flak, censure, reproach, reproof, condemnation, castigation, chastisement, blame, abuse, punishment, a bashing, a roasting, a caning, an earful, a bawling-out
verbal, a rollicking, a wigging, a rocket, a row, animadversion, vulgar slang:, a bollocking Opposite: praise, commendation
4. DERAGOTARY • INFORMAL
rural areas far from cities or civilization.
“he felt hard done by living out in the sticks”
Similar: the country, the countryside, the provinces, rural districts, the backwoods, the back of,
beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater, the backcountry, the backland, the backblocks, the booay, the backveld, the platteland, the middle of nowhere, the boondocks, the boonies, the tall timbers, hicksville, Woop Woop, beyond the black stump
5.DATED• INFORMAL
a person of a specified kind.
“Janet’s not such a bad old stick sometimes”
6. STOCK MARKET
a large quantity of unsold stock, especially the proportion of shares which must be taken up by underwriters after an unsuccessful issue.
*According to the internet **Also according to the internet
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39°40’8234”N 8°24’1944”E
“Hello, and Happy New Year!
I found 2 pieces. One piece of wood came to us on the beach. From the Atlantic. Treibholz, as we say in German. It is about 20 cm long, and 2 cm thick. Kind of half a branch, like a piece cut in half and it is slightly geschwungen, slight S- shape.
It has got a couple of wholes in it, some worms must have lived in it at some point. And almost in the middle like a little eye. The eye of the branch.
It is grey and light. It has a very light wood colour.
Perhaps it could be used as pointer somewhere, slightly twisted, easy to handle. You can hold on to it nicely. It is a nice piece of wood. That was the first one.”
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“The other stick is from the same place we were on holiday. It is the thick square one you see in the photo. I dont think it is a natural piece, it looks like it was treated and part of something else. A piece of log? I dont know the word for it in english. A small board?Carved by the sea and broken off on both sides, about 30 cm long and 5 cm thick. Something like that.
It smells, both of them actually, like salt. Not like wood, at all. This stick is too very light. It has some dark textures around it, from having been lying around on the beach, in the sand. It is a travelling piece.
A travelling- building- piece- of- wood.”
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“Some wood that latest storm brought ashore”
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“I found it on my doorstep! It must be a lucky stick!”
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