Over
the last several years, I have created a series of performance works,
collectively called “Cultivation Utility Actions.” Playing
with notions of ownership, responsibility, and how we relate to the environment,
these events are each an opportunity for participants to become owners
and caretakers of their own ‘land’ or their own ‘pocket
biosphere’ through the process of adoption.
The performance/actions have at their heart a spirit of playfulness and
generosity, and also create an opportunity for care. Each adopted environment
is a small instance in which people can exert influence over their immediate
environment. They are invited to tend their ‘land’ or ‘biosphere’
as they see fit. The activity creates a link of care and responsibility
between artist, participant, and living plants and soil.
I have offered “Land for Adoption” from the CUV (Cultivation
Utility Vehicle) and created pocket biosphere adoptions in locations across
the country. To date over one thousand adoptions have taken place.
CUV project website
Pocket Bisophere
Adoption page
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