2020

Installation
Materials: grasses, soil
Dimensions variable
Location: Pfizer Building in Brooklyn NY
 
空間裝置
媒材:草、土
尺寸依空間而定
地點: Pfizer Building in Brooklyn NY

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In the winter, the world outside my window was filled with a dull, pervasive gray. I began to reflect on the state of plants in the city, where no vegetation grows freely. Confined to small patches of soil amidst concrete and steel, plants are forced to fit human designs and aesthetics. Yet, I noticed the grasses growing by the streets—an unyielding force of life, the most energetic presence in the urban landscape. When grasses grow outside of buildings, they seem to escape human control, embodying a kind of freedom.

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This installation reflects on the conditions of urban life, both for plants and for humans. The vibrant, floating green of the grasses contrasts sharply with the gray winter of New York City. The unnatural confinement of plants within cities mirrors the way humans, too, live constrained by the environments they create. This work asks: in a world where life is shaped and controlled, do we also yearn for freedom, just like the grasses pushing against the boundaries of the urban landscape?

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