rus en urbe · research
Year: 2022
rus en urbe
Garden in the City
Artist statement
Our domestic landscapes bear witness to the scars of European settlement, land-clearing practices, development, localised gardening movements and, increasingly, the effects of climate change.
A viewer approaches a plinth containing a keypad and a receipt printer. They enter their postcode on the keypad and receive a printed receipt depicting plant species that have been spotted in the specified location and predictions for future plant growth in an increasingly warmer climate.
The receipt represents the throw-away nature of current societal trends, but its contents represent a step towards the regeneration of the urban environment.
Exhibited
Upending | Mending, Belconnen Arts Centre, June 2022
Contour606, University of Canberra, October 2022
