{"id":56057,"date":"2025-03-24T04:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?p=56057"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:43:43","slug":"the-urban-art-laboratories-during-the-nature-of-cities-festival-2024-a-series-of-conjunct-artistic-and-ecological-actions-took-place-in-various-parts-of-the-world-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/2025\/03\/24\/the-urban-art-laboratories-during-the-nature-of-cities-festival-2024-a-series-of-conjunct-artistic-and-ecological-actions-took-place-in-various-parts-of-the-world-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"The Urban Art Laboratories: During The Nature of Cities Festival 2024, a series of conjunct artistic and ecological actions took place in various parts of the world. What happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authors in This Roundtable<\/h3>\n
Anna Andrejew, The Hague<\/a> Working through the steps of rinsing, cutting, grating, and kneading, the group prepared a big pot of ‘community kimchi’, which incorporated the stories of the day into a dish of togetherness and sharing.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Carmen Bouyer, Paris<\/a> The group of adults and children gathered at Pariciflore plant nursery in Seine Saint-Denis to paint a collective mural representing a selection of native plants of the Paris region.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Leonardo Centeno, Bogota<\/a> Red tea ceremonies, fire poems, and songs\/narratives related to it were performed, all framed in geometric figures adorned with symbolic colored minerals.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Dilek Himam, G\u00f6me\u00e7<\/a> On this walk the facilitators referred to the ancient role of food gathering, drawing inspiration from the plants growing around this urban area.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Floris Janssens, The Hague<\/a> Working through the steps of rinsing, cutting, grating, and kneading, the group prepared a big pot of ‘community kimchi’, which incorporated the stories of the day into a dish of togetherness and sharing.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Shaah Kamuruko, Den Haag<\/a> Working through the steps of rinsing, cutting, grating, and kneading, the group prepared a big pot of ‘community kimchi’, which incorporated the stories of the day into a dish of togetherness and sharing.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Suhee Kang, Daejeon <\/a>In this half-day workshop, we suggested that weeds are healers of the land, of people, and they could be healers of our cities if we allowed them the chance.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Sophie Krier, Luxemburg<\/a> Working through the steps of rinsing, cutting, grating, and kneading, the group prepared a big pot of ‘community kimchi’, which incorporated the stories of the day into a dish of togetherness and sharing.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Matthew L\u00f3pez-Jensen, New York City<\/a> This two-hour stewardship-centric session was designed around a slow walk through the Mosholu Teaching Forest.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Patrick M. Lydon, Daejeon <\/a>In this half-day workshop, we suggested that weeds are healers of the land, of people, and they could be healers of our cities if we allowed them the chance.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Erica Mizutani, S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> The event proposes a tribute to the earthworm, an entity so important for composting.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Maquis Projects, Izmir<\/a> On this walk the facilitators referred to the ancient role of food gathering, drawing inspiration from the plants growing around this urban area.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Juliette Ravel, Goa<\/a> Through this workshop not only did the participants get to upcycle their old clothes, but they also got to learn about sustainability and natural dyes.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Baixo Ribeiro, S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> The event proposes a tribute to the earthworm, an entity so important for composting.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Jessica Taggart Rose, Margate<\/a> Participants were invited to bring a pen and paper for writing, sketching materials, cameras, or any devices to create their own responses to the walk. No artistic or writing experience was required in this personal, non-judgmental walkshop.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Elodie Seguin, Paris<\/a> The group of adults and children gathered at Pariciflore plant nursery in Seine Saint-Denis to paint a collective mural representing a selection of native plants of the Paris region.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Diana Wiesner, Bogota<\/a> Red tea ceremonies, fire poems, and songs\/narratives related to it were performed, all framed in geometric figures adorned with symbolic colored minerals.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Introduction<\/h3>\n
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Carmen Bouyer<\/div>\n
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about the writer
\n Carmen Bouyer<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Carmen Bouyer is a French environmental artist and designer based in Paris. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

These small-scale art events all resonated with the motto of TNOC Festival\u2014”The Distance between Dreams and Reality is Action\u201d\u2014each bridging artistic expressions with local land stewardship. It is a theme dear to the TNOC Festival whose ethos is rooted in transdisciplinary, with its commitment to bringing art, science, and urban practices together to envision cities that are better for \u2018nature\u2019 and all people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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While so much was shared online between participants from all places and walks of life during the Virtual Festival, organizing small in-person gatherings in diverse cities was a way to root shared reflections into practice in the cities we live in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"AWith this intention at heart, groups of Festival participants simultaneously got involved in caring for urban nature through an artistic lens, making it more personal, intimate, and fun! On <\/span>Saturday, April 20th 2024<\/span>, a group of students gathered on <\/span>Bogot\u00e1 (Colombia)<\/b>\u2019s hills to practice an artistic ritual honoring the fire and acknowledging the effects of climate change, while in <\/span>Den Haag<\/b> (Nederland)<\/b> a community kimchi workshop was happening in an urban garden. The same day, a mural honoring native plants started to take shape in Seine Saint Denis near <\/span>Paris (France)<\/b> and an exhibition of paintings depicting colorful worms welcomed a full composting facility in <\/span>Sao Paulo (Brasil)<\/b>. On <\/span>Sunday April 21st<\/span>, an upcycling and natural dyeing workshop was held in <\/span>Panaji (<\/b>\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 <\/span>Bhaarat \/ India)<\/b>. The next weekend, to finalize the Virtual Festival, more urban art labs happened! On <\/span>Friday April 26th<\/span>, a group walked the streets of <\/span>Daejeon (<\/b>\ud55c\uad6d <\/span>Hanguk \/ Korea)<\/b> in order to gather edible weeds and turn them into tea, a few hours later in <\/span>Margate (United Kingdom)<\/b> other people walked the streets together to look at murals painted to advocate for a free from pollution seaside. The next day, on <\/span>Saturday April 27th<\/span>, more urban wilds foraging happened in <\/span>Izmir (T\u00fcrkiye)<\/b> leading to a community meal and a plant prints workshop. While in <\/span>New York City (Turtle Island \/ USA)<\/b> a patch of urban forest was being cleaned up and trash turned into intriguing art. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Long Live the Worms!<\/h3>\n
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Baixo Ribeiro<\/div>\n
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about the writer
\n Baixo Ribeiro<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Baixo is President of the Choque Cultural gallery in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Erica Mizutani<\/div>\n
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about the writer
\n Erica Mizutani<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Trained in graphic design, she lives in S\u00e3o Paulo and has been working as a graphic designer, artist, performer and urban artist.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n

Place: Choque Cultural Gallery
\nOrganizers: Founder of Choque Cultural<\/a> & Curator Baixo Ribeiro, Artist Erica Mizutani<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The event proposes a tribute to the earthworm, an entity so important for composting. At the event, we will launch canvases by Erica Mizutani, an environmentalist-artist who has a recurring character in her paintings and graffiti that is inspired by the earthworm. We will distribute some mini worm farms and demonstrate how to make a homemade compost bin.<\/p>\n

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Ethics and Aesthetics of Fire<\/h3>\n
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Diana Wiesner<\/div>\n
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about the writer
\n Diana Wiesner<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Diana Wiesner, activist, architect, and landscape designer based in Bogot\u00e1, is recognized for her leadership in socio-ecological issues and innovative approaches to urban ecology and landscape architecture. Founder of her own practice and director of Fundaci\u00f3n Cerros de Bogot\u00e1, she promotes environmental awareness, citizen participation, and preservation of natural systems.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Leonardo Centeno<\/div>\n
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about the writer
\n Leonardo Centeno<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Photographer and Mountaineer. He focuses his photography on the exploration of remote and difficult to access places and the relationship of local communities with these.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n

Place: hills of Bogot\u00e1
\nOrganizers:\u00a0 Landscape designer Diana Wiesner<\/a>
\nDocumentation: Leonardo Centeno<\/a>
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