The Organic  Zucchini  project began germinating  in the creative  soil  of an Ontario  farm  in the spring  of  1973. Zucchini seeds  are planted in small, dark, moist spaces in the earth.  Weather  conditions  normal  for the season prevail  -  intense   sunlight,  rain,  lightening   etching  the blackness of a stormy night.

Over  the  summer months a multimedia  form  emerges. Photographic  images  are made of  zucchini  as subject and object  of art,  zucchini  in history  research,  and  the creation of a 30 course zucchini celebration. In response to  seeds  sent around  the  world,  international  zucchini mail art arrives weekly.

Exhibitions,  beginning in 1973, include  40  silver prints, 11"  x  14",   30  color  transparencies,  15   varying  size collages and montages,  mixed media mail art,  zucchini plants, and cooking and serving zucchini preparations.

A collaborative project with Martha Henrickson

THE ORGANIC ZUCCHINI
THOMAS HENRICKSON
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