What is Urban Wilderness and how do you envision it? : I see Urban Wilderness as a place where natives are perfectly at home and confident in their environment. A place where the inhabitants have created an indemic system that self-regulates like an organism, so that it becomes productive, net positive and easily adaptable ensure it’s survival.
Urban Wilderness will always be under incursion by those who wish to TAME it, and HARNESS it for reason other than to ensure it’s continued existance. This is in direct conflict with the urban wilderness’ ego-centric nature. The Urban Wilderness seeks to only serve itself, and although it will adapt and change to ensure it’s evolution and survival, it will not adapt and change to meet the expectations of others. Certainly not without disproportionate expendatures of energy output versus production.
I see the Urban Wilderness as a place where visitors are simultaneously in awe, and self-conscious…
What type of interventions would love to see to help shape Urban Wilderness? We’re interested in both the practical and the fantastically impractical.: (WILD AND DANGEROUS FANATASY)
A complete ignorance of zoning regulations, whereby only productive and adaptive species (including edible and manipulable weeds) are planted and allowed to take ecological control.
(PERFECTLY REASONABLE)
An temporary instantaneous ignorance of zoning, events and property rights is observed, with sacrifical surfaces for the installation of mass community interventions, greens space, and events (block party!!!).. with the complete removal of all traces by the end of the intervention. This would create in the minds of particpants the memory of such a “wild” condition… that it might be documented and called upon when development of this concept is needed to be taken further and more permanent. Testing of evolutionary and adaptable characteristics of the Urban Wilderness could be tested through the concentrated and accelerated development of the space, prior to it’s prompt removal. Further analyis would be required to suggest which elements survived as a result of the resultant intensity as a substitute for time and it’s alternative effects upon the longevity of the phenomenon.
How would you practically teach and perform such an intervention? (and Would you be interested in leading it?): (WILD AND DANGEROUS FANATASY)
Mobilise existing Guerilla Gardening infrastructure coupled with an aggressive GG recruiting campaign preceding the planned launch of the intervention.
(PERFECTLY REASONABLE)
mobilise existing local sub-culture movements with the inticing prospect of being able to fully express themselves within the given temporary space. Let these groups work over and against each other and see what survives… known artists and writers, food guru’s, nearby bottleshops, mass-participatory music event, temporary provision of grazing plants (probably potted for easy removal).
I’m In Brisbane…. and in the first week of my FT Master;s Degree and working… I probably could not spare the time to participate in NYC. Brisbane would pose different political and social constraints on this project not engaged with in the above ramblings.
A space where there is no control
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
What is Urban Wilderness and how do you envision it? : I see Urban Wilderness as a place where natives are perfectly at home and confident in their environment. A place where the inhabitants have created an indemic system that self-regulates like an organism, so that it becomes productive, net positive and easily adaptable ensure it’s survival.
Urban Wilderness will always be under incursion by those who wish to TAME it, and HARNESS it for reason other than to ensure it’s continued existance. This is in direct conflict with the urban wilderness’ ego-centric nature. The Urban Wilderness seeks to only serve itself, and although it will adapt and change to ensure it’s evolution and survival, it will not adapt and change to meet the expectations of others. Certainly not without disproportionate expendatures of energy output versus production.
I see the Urban Wilderness as a place where visitors are simultaneously in awe, and self-conscious…
What type of interventions would love to see to help shape Urban Wilderness? We’re interested in both the practical and the fantastically impractical.: (WILD AND DANGEROUS FANATASY)
A complete ignorance of zoning regulations, whereby only productive and adaptive species (including edible and manipulable weeds) are planted and allowed to take ecological control.
(PERFECTLY REASONABLE)
An temporary instantaneous ignorance of zoning, events and property rights is observed, with sacrifical surfaces for the installation of mass community interventions, greens space, and events (block party!!!).. with the complete removal of all traces by the end of the intervention. This would create in the minds of particpants the memory of such a “wild” condition… that it might be documented and called upon when development of this concept is needed to be taken further and more permanent. Testing of evolutionary and adaptable characteristics of the Urban Wilderness could be tested through the concentrated and accelerated development of the space, prior to it’s prompt removal. Further analyis would be required to suggest which elements survived as a result of the resultant intensity as a substitute for time and it’s alternative effects upon the longevity of the phenomenon.
How would you practically teach and perform such an intervention? (and Would you be interested in leading it?): (WILD AND DANGEROUS FANATASY)
Mobilise existing Guerilla Gardening infrastructure coupled with an aggressive GG recruiting campaign preceding the planned launch of the intervention.
(PERFECTLY REASONABLE)
mobilise existing local sub-culture movements with the inticing prospect of being able to fully express themselves within the given temporary space. Let these groups work over and against each other and see what survives… known artists and writers, food guru’s, nearby bottleshops, mass-participatory music event, temporary provision of grazing plants (probably potted for easy removal).
I’m In Brisbane…. and in the first week of my FT Master;s Degree and working… I probably could not spare the time to participate in NYC. Brisbane would pose different political and social constraints on this project not engaged with in the above ramblings.
This post was submitted by Christopher Rawlinson.