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Z$535,507,918 2017
Z$535,507,918 2017 Map of Zimbabwean farming regions hand-woven with a progression of shredded Zimbabwean bank notes that amount to Z$535,507,918
82 x 89 cm
Lucinda Jolly ‘Engaging with space’ Cape Times 22 September 2014 p10
Lucinda Jolly ‘Engaging with space’ Cape Times 22 September 2014 p10
Under Constant Threat Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto Alegre, Brazil 2012
As part of the group exhibition Under Constant Threat curated by José Bernardo de Souza at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul in 2012 (Porto Alegre, Brazil), I was invited to create a version of safe as fuck onto the wall as a temporary installation.
work in progress
installation
Safe as Fuck 2012 (wall installation) AIDS ribbon, hypodermic needles
Dimensions variable
detail
9 Urban Biotopes (9UB), Turin, Italy 2014
video intro for 9UB (made prior to the residency)
Nine Urban Biotopes (9UB) is an international, socially engaged art project delivering artistic research and cultural exchange. It does this both within and among social citizen and art initiatives in cities in South Africa and Europe in 2014.
see: http://www.urban-biotopes.net and pdf
As part of 9UB I spent 3 months in Mirafiori in Turin, Italy. Mirafiori is an area with a history of immigration, with Italians coming from the south to work at the Fiat factory since the 1950s. These Terroni (a derogatory term, meaning people of the land) came from the countryside and were now accommodated in large apartment blocks, denying them their links to the land. This identity and their agricultural roots soon became manifest in the form of illegal garden allotments that sprung up around Mirafiori.
Since then the area has undergone some urban regeneration, certain gardeners have been given authorized garden allotments and Colonnetti Park has been made into a safe green space for the residents of the area.
Now the financial crisis is testing the resilience of these immigrants and gardening for sustenance is proving to be a possible way forward. Also in the intervening years other immigrants have moved into the neighborhood, notably from the East of Europe, Asia and Africa. The Roma people also form a presence, albeit one that is barely tolerated.
My project concerned workshops with the community where we planted vegetable seeds in planter-trays. These were then nurtured until they were big enough to re-plant. Some people from the community then helped to make a video with the plants telling a story about the immigrants of Mirafiori.
Report on the project: Space Invaders by Valentina Rojas Loa
Italian Space Invader poster for 9 Urban Biotopes
Space Invader test park 2014 Turin
A Miafiori Immigrant Story 2014 (Turin, Italy 9 Urban Biotopes)
Roma children planting seeds into planter-trays at the Colonnetti Park, Mirafiori, Turin 2014
Artists at Glenfiddich 2010
Artists at Glenfiddich 2010 1
Excerpt from the text A Vintage Year by Andy Fairgrieve
Glenfiddich Artists Programme Curator
Dufftown. November 2012
Artists at Glenfiddich 2010 2
Artists at Glenfiddich 2010 3
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Artists at Glenfiddich 2010 5
Earth Matters – Karen E. Melbourne 2013, Smithsonian ISBN 978-1-58093-370-4
Earth Matters -Karen E. Milbourne p179 Smithsonian ISBN 978-1-58093-370-4
Earth Matters -Karen E. Melbourne p180 Smithsonian ISBN 978-1-58093-370-4
Earth Matters -Karen E. Melbourne p181 Smithsonian ISBN 978-1-58093-370-4
Making Way – Ruth Simbao 2013
Making Way -Ruth Simbao p16 2013
Making Way -Ruth Simbao p18 2013
Art Times August 2014 p19
Art Times August 2014 p19
