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a call for gardens
Mar. 7th, 2012 09:02 amThis looks very interesting:
Dear Artists and Urban Agriculturalists,
The Detroit Contemporary will be exploring a new critical territory in contemporary art: the intersection of farming and art as necessary and related components of culture.
As a part of this 2012 agriculture season the detroit contemporary is presenting a Garden Building Competition. ( Read more... )
I am intrigued by this, and I have an idea. I was thinking about urban gardening and I thought -- Bus Stops.
How about a garden bus stop? One of those bus shelters? I know, not really mind blowing, not very edgy. But the roof would slope west and could catch the rain, and a small cistern could keep everything watered. The greenery would shade the waiting commuters, and there might be a ripe tomato or sweet pea for them to snack. A little free book nook filled with ... hmm, I'll take suggestions. I like the idea of a found object mosaic decorating the sides of the structure. Oooh. Maybe make the structure out of stackwood and wine bottles. Hmm...but on second thought, this is Detroit -- it should be recycled tires. The tires will be covered in chicken wire and grow a vertical garden -- flowers, salad greens, grape tomatoes, peas, ever bearing strawberries, cucumbers and summer squash. Perennials would be planted for next season - raspberries, tulips, roses.
I wonder if they'd let me put bees up on top. There might be liability issues. It'd be cool though.
The thing is, I don't know how artsy this idea is. I was told fairly young that I wasn't good at art, and so I've always shied away from artsy stuff. I know now that that's not true, but artsy stuff is something that I've never worked to develop. Except for the writing.
With Bus Stop, I would be saying -- "Here is a utilitarian thing, something that we need in our urban setting, and here is a garden, something we need to live, and I have mashed them together and made them beautiful." Now, I think that's cool, but I don't know exactly if that's art.
Thoughts?
Edit hm. Re-reading, and I see that they are specifically asking for permanent performance space. A permanent performance urban farm. Hm. Okay. I still like my Bus Stop.
Dear Artists and Urban Agriculturalists,
The Detroit Contemporary will be exploring a new critical territory in contemporary art: the intersection of farming and art as necessary and related components of culture.
As a part of this 2012 agriculture season the detroit contemporary is presenting a Garden Building Competition. ( Read more... )
I am intrigued by this, and I have an idea. I was thinking about urban gardening and I thought -- Bus Stops.
How about a garden bus stop? One of those bus shelters? I know, not really mind blowing, not very edgy. But the roof would slope west and could catch the rain, and a small cistern could keep everything watered. The greenery would shade the waiting commuters, and there might be a ripe tomato or sweet pea for them to snack. A little free book nook filled with ... hmm, I'll take suggestions. I like the idea of a found object mosaic decorating the sides of the structure. Oooh. Maybe make the structure out of stackwood and wine bottles. Hmm...but on second thought, this is Detroit -- it should be recycled tires. The tires will be covered in chicken wire and grow a vertical garden -- flowers, salad greens, grape tomatoes, peas, ever bearing strawberries, cucumbers and summer squash. Perennials would be planted for next season - raspberries, tulips, roses.
I wonder if they'd let me put bees up on top. There might be liability issues. It'd be cool though.
The thing is, I don't know how artsy this idea is. I was told fairly young that I wasn't good at art, and so I've always shied away from artsy stuff. I know now that that's not true, but artsy stuff is something that I've never worked to develop. Except for the writing.
With Bus Stop, I would be saying -- "Here is a utilitarian thing, something that we need in our urban setting, and here is a garden, something we need to live, and I have mashed them together and made them beautiful." Now, I think that's cool, but I don't know exactly if that's art.
Thoughts?
Edit hm. Re-reading, and I see that they are specifically asking for permanent performance space. A permanent performance urban farm. Hm. Okay. I still like my Bus Stop.