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On the necessity of gardening: an abc of art, botany and cultivation

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On the necessity of gardening: an abc of art, botany and cultivation, Editor: Laurie Cluitmans
Contributors: Maria Barnas, Jonny Bruce, Laurie Cluitmans, Thiëmo Heilbron, Liesbeth M. Helmus, Erik A. de Jong, René de Kam, Alhena Katsof, Jamaica Kincaid, Bart Rutten, Catriona Sandilands, Patricia de Vries. Design: Bart de Baets

On the Necessity of Gardening appears simultaneous with the exhibition The botanical revolution, on the necessity of art and gardening that will be on view from 11 September 2021 to 9 January 2022 in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (NL). The publication is categorically not an exhibition catalogue, but is positioned as an autonomous project. Both the exhibition and publication stem from a longer-term research by Laurie Cluitmans into the development of the cultural-historical, philosophical and social significance of the garden in relation to our current way of life. valiz.nl

Henk Wildschut, Rooted, Zaatari Camp, Jordan-April-2018. Henk Wildschut photographed the improvised gardens of people who have lost their homes and ended up in refugee camps.
KJM in botanical revolution

The garden as a place of hope and resilience

Parallel to the exhibition in the Centraal Museum, the exhibition Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers? can be seen in Nest art space in The Hague.

Rebecca Solnit – Orwell’s Roses

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To read, via nyer https://www.newyorker.com/culture/q-and-a/rebecca-solnit-on-the-politics-of-pleasure

…a natural history of gardening, a dissection of the rose as capitalist metaphor, or a defense of art and beauty as a bulwark against the annihilating forces of totalitarianism.
…pleasure as a form of resistance

roses–they became a symbol for the whole contemporary world.

Part of living in the contemporary world is knowing the conditions under which [ANYTHING & EVERYTHING]…are produced

…suggesting that meaning is inherent in materials, if you pay attention to them, and meaning is also inherent in the process of making.

The Right To Plant Veggies In Front Yard

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NPR reports “After 6-Year Battle, Florida Couple Wins The Right To Plant Veggies In Front Yard”

… a Florida law went into effect that nullifies local bans on vegetable gardens at residential properties.

She lamented that the fight even had to happen. “We had a beautiful, nutritious garden for many years before the Village went out of its way to ban it and then threatened us with ruinous fines,” she said.

Why would she lament?

vertical gardens

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These gardens, though only mock-ups, are hanging on around town. I will look for them, during my travels; looks like Brickell area.

photo via Patrick Blanc, image dated June 19, 2009

photo via arquitectonica geo, image is dated July 26, 2009.

These hanging vertical elements, designed with plant-artist Patrick Blanc, …, and horticulturalists Michael Davenport from Fairchild Tropical Garden and Jeff Shimonski …, will contribute significantly to the identity of the museum.

via mam.