a call for gardens
Mar. 7th, 2012 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljgeoffThis 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. The gardens will be designed and built as permanent installations in the outdoor area of the detroit contemporary where many performances take place. These gardens will also be part of our outdoor classroom for our new urban gardening educational programs.
The components of the competition are as follows:
-Does this garden serve multiple purposes? (for example: it can be used as an alternative performance space as well as a garden) Keep in mind people traffic and how you can make this work with outdoor concerts, plays, etc.
-Are the materials used to build the garden ecological and/or permanent?
The beds will be judged upon the level of creativity, ingenuity, functionality and the above components.
Proposals are due by April 1st and the winners can begin to build by April 10th. All garden beds must be complete and planted by May 26th.
There will be a garden gala and farmer’s exhibition to debut the winners of the competition on May 26th.
If you are interested, please send proposals that include a description of space needed, plants interested in planting (if any specific), placement in sun or shade, amount of soil needed and any drawings of your proposal. (Please see the aerial map of the CAID attached to this email.)
The detroit contemporary will be providing soil, seeds and plants if necessary. Proposals can include planting bushes, trees, vegetables, and/or flowers, building garden beds, chicken coops, composting containers and any other garden ideas.
Please direct your questions and proposals to kt@detroitcontemporary.com and forward this email to those that may be interested.
Sincerely,
KT Andresky
Director of Agriculture and Exhibitions
detroit contemporary
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. The gardens will be designed and built as permanent installations in the outdoor area of the detroit contemporary where many performances take place. These gardens will also be part of our outdoor classroom for our new urban gardening educational programs.
The components of the competition are as follows:
-Does this garden serve multiple purposes? (for example: it can be used as an alternative performance space as well as a garden) Keep in mind people traffic and how you can make this work with outdoor concerts, plays, etc.
-Are the materials used to build the garden ecological and/or permanent?
The beds will be judged upon the level of creativity, ingenuity, functionality and the above components.
Proposals are due by April 1st and the winners can begin to build by April 10th. All garden beds must be complete and planted by May 26th.
There will be a garden gala and farmer’s exhibition to debut the winners of the competition on May 26th.
If you are interested, please send proposals that include a description of space needed, plants interested in planting (if any specific), placement in sun or shade, amount of soil needed and any drawings of your proposal. (Please see the aerial map of the CAID attached to this email.)
The detroit contemporary will be providing soil, seeds and plants if necessary. Proposals can include planting bushes, trees, vegetables, and/or flowers, building garden beds, chicken coops, composting containers and any other garden ideas.
Please direct your questions and proposals to kt@detroitcontemporary.com and forward this email to those that may be interested.
Sincerely,
KT Andresky
Director of Agriculture and Exhibitions
detroit contemporary
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.