Culinary Cultures in the Kinder/Garden at Visualeyez 2010

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Kelly and I grew culture(s) in Edmonton’s Latitude 53 gallery.  Who knew that bacteria could make such great performance artists?

Agar – my favourite new medium…

Kinder/Garden in this city and that one…

Kinder/Garden has been on hiatus for most of the summer. I’ve been busy preparing for the Possible Movements show at FOFA Gallery (on now!) among other projects. However, last month Kelly and I got word that we have been invited to Edmonton to participate in Visualeyez at Latitude 53. With no time to start new zucchinis, I put a call out for volunteered gardens. Well my friends’ thumbs are none too green. Yet as luck would have it, I found some lovely vegetables in an urban garden a short bike ride away.

Community activist, Judith Bauer has initiated a garden in Griffintown near New City Gas. With plants donated by community members and the city of Montreal, there grows an urban oasis amidst concrete and parking lots. The soil is likely contaminated with toxins from years of industry and runoff from the adjacent train tracks yet the garden is rife with vegetables… They’re probably no good for eating but they may make some nice babies.

So here it is, Kinder/Garden on the outside… this time with tomatoes!