Guerrilla Gardening, phase 2 (year 2)

Guerrilla Gardening: Vasaparken, Falun 2009-
Photodocumentation of phase 2 (year 2)
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Last weekend Karin and I visited Falun and we were happy to see that our yellow crocus trail is back on the slope of Vasaparken. It looks slightly different from last year so perhaps only one of the two flower types used survived this year's cold winter - or the remaining ones have yet to wake up from their winter sleep.

It's only the trail's second year and already it offers a sense of familiar recollection. Like seeing an old friend.

For project history see the earlier posts, starting from November 2009 (Guerrilla Gardening: Vasaparken, Falun 2009-)

Guerrilla Gardening, phase 2 (year 1)

Guerrilla Gardening: Vasaparken, Falun 2009-
Photo-documentation of phase 2 (year 1)
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Spring has arrived in Falun! The result of Karin's and my efforts in October last year, as part of our Guerrilla Gardening project, has begun to reveal itself as planned and a trail of yellow crocus flowers now stretches from Vasaparken down to the road island.

As crocuses are perennial they will continue to surface on this spot in coming years. There's also a possibility that Karin and I will make additions to this project in various ways.

Background info and photodocumentation of phase 1

Guerrilla Gardening: Vasaparken, Falun 2009-

Two weekends ago, garden designer Karin Nordmark and I headed out into Falun to launch a Guerrilla Gardening venture that stretches into next year - and beyond. It is sprung from one of Karin's earlier projects involving the Guerilla Gardening concept but has surely also benefited from our last colloboration (namely the previously mentioned correspondence project that we have been running throughout this year and which recently ended).

During our 5 hours of work on this rather chilly Saturday night we encountered three initially suspicous but later friendly police officers and an assortion of talkative passers-by in various stages of alcohol intoxication, among others.

The chosen site consists of a centrally located grass slope stretching from Vasaparken over to a spacious road island that used to harbour a flower bed spelling "welcome", which has apparently been discontinued.

We now await spring.

Guerrilla Gardening: Vasaparken, Falun 2009-
Photo-documentation of phase 1
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Overview of phase 2
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Update 30 December 2009:

Today the Language Council of Sweden has released its list of new words for this year, including a swedish version of Guerrilla Gardening.

Fröbomba ("seed bombing") - plantera på offentliga platser utan tillstånd
(the act of planting on a public site withouth permission).
Language Council website (in Swedish)

Mannheim after dark

Mannheim after dark, 2009
Digital photographs
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Themed selection of images from a one-day visit to Mannheim, Germany, in June 2009.

Hamburger curves

Hamburger curves, 2009
Digital photographs
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Themed selection of images from a one-day visit to Hamburg, Germany, in March 2009.

Anti-postcards (habit tourism)

Photo documentation of interventions in Cape Town, February – April 2005
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Installation view

Fragments & (w)hole

Photographic prints on hardboard
25 x 40 cm each
As displayed
(3 of the 6 images in the series)

The intention was to see if it was possible to offset the dominant positioning of males in images from a pornographic magazine by physically manipulating the pages using additions, and by selectively re-shooting the compositions to create new areas of emphasis and power.