Guerilla Gardens

Guerilla Gardens & Land Artists, Drawn & Quarterly, Montréal, June 2015

A visual presentation and talk on Guerilla Gardens and Land Art followed by hands-on planting. The visual talk includes example of artists working in collaboration with their immediate environments (ecological, political, geographic, social); citizen-led gardening initiatives and their ties to grassroots social movements; land use and participatory democracy; Land Art and Guerilla Gardens as catalysts for social change; the relevance of poetry in art for public places.

Considering our role as social and cultural pollinators at both the local and international level, simple gestures are highlighted: ones that are inclusive, concrete, creative, inter-generational and life-affirming. When it comes to the built and natural spaces that compose our lives, this presentation aims to invigorate a radical re-imagining of our cities and villages and how we may (re)shape them.