Some more interesting examples of using grass and natural materials to create artwork.
Linda Florence is a designer who creates bespoke wallpaper using a range of printing techniques. She took part in an exhibition at Tattershall Castle with the National Trust during which she turned the grass in front of the keep into a giant carpet by cutting patterns into the turf.
Have been looking into the artwork of Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey who use grass to create their artworks. Some of their pieces use grass as a photographic material, where by the natural process of photosynthesis records images when projected on to the grass in a dark room environment.
I also like the work they’ve created where they have covered buildings and rooms in grass like the areas below.
Guerilla Gardening: Seeds of Revolution is a PC game being made by independent games developers Spooky Squid Games.
Their synopsis:
General Bauhaus, the city’s fascist dictator, has had all the green space in town destroyed! Trees are banned! Flowers outlawed!
As guerrilla gardener, Molly Greenthumb you must use an amazing array of fast growing plants to avoid cops and cctv cameras, plant over government propaganda and make the city green again. Succeed and you’ll fill the apathetic citizens with cheerful insurrection and overthrow the state!
Great to see games tackling issues other than zombie invasions for a change, I couldn’t find a release date but I’m looking forward to seeing if it’s any good.
“Inspired by the tenacious plants that pioneer the tiny cracks of urban landscapes, a backyard is transformed through hostile takeover of an existing concrete slab by imposing a series of “cracks”. The rows of this garden contain a lushly planted mix of herbs, vegetables, flowers, and rogue weeds retained for their aesthetic value.”
Artist Chapman Kelley creates wildflower spaces within city boundaries. He recently attracted much press attention for successfully suing Chicago City authorities for deformation of artwork. They had ripped up a wildflower space he’d created to make way for manicured parkland.
