July 14, 2016
Photographer Martina Lang’s nature-themed works all contain underlying elements of humor and surrealism. Her pastel ‘paper/plant’ photography series exudes a softness, capturing various plants peeking out of abstract paper shapes against a backdrop of a clean white wall and natural … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: art, flowers, Martina Lang, paper, pastel, photography, plant
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September 24, 2015
Throughout much of history, art and science have co-existed in a symbiotic and synergistic relationship. Inquiry, experimentation, and observation lead to creative works in both the studio and the laboratory. A modern-day example of this melding of the … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable
Tags: art, horticulatural art, sceince and art
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February 2, 2013
Mobile food purveyors are becoming more common in urban settings, from trending food trucks to food and beverage bikes. Blending the moveable feast concept with nature, Stockholm creative consultancy, Byggstudio, will host a touring mobile café where guests will sip … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable
Tags: art, mobile, urban food
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March 9, 2011
An orchard of trees with genetically altered properties was growing at this year’s Armory Show in New York City.
In the installation, New Edens, by artist Sam Van Aken, the trunks and leader branches identified the trees as peach, plum, … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: Armory art fair, art, hybrid fruit trees, hybrid trees, New York City
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July 19, 2009
Artist, Lisa Cheung, with one of her mobile allotment planting stations
A collective of UK artists and curators is maintaining the cutting-edge of environmental awareness and having fun in the process.
They are members of Avant-Gardening, an arts and environment … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture
Tags: art, bio-diversity, eco-conscious artists, environment, food, gardening, greenhouse after-school program, mobile allotment, recycling, sustainable
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