Title: Disco Gardens
Year: 2019
Materials: Vinyl records, cassette tapes, audio equipment, digital, scanner, wood, mulch, cinder blocks, plants
Dimensions: Variable
Year: 2019
Materials: Vinyl records, cassette tapes, audio equipment, digital, scanner, wood, mulch, cinder blocks, plants
Dimensions: Variable
Images:
Ash Arder
Ash Arder
Disco Gardens
A social sculpture that uses the garden as a literal and theoretical site for examining the relationship between people and plants in Black music. This project was commissioned by Recess in Brooklyn, NY as part of their program to match artists with justice-system-involved-youth. For this first iteration of Disco Gardens, the artist built an indoor garden that doubled as a sound library, conversation pit, and performance space. The project featured a small collection of vinyl records specifically referencing gardens in their titles or subject matter. Community members were invited to interact with the library through open gallery hours, facilitated listening sessions, and a final exhibition showcasing experimental album covers the youth created for each record. There was also a live performance by local musician, Johann Diedrick, who created a soundscape from a conversation about plants with his Jamaican grandmother. This project was an experiment to see if people would sit together and talk about plant-based themes in Black music.
A social sculpture that uses the garden as a literal and theoretical site for examining the relationship between people and plants in Black music. This project was commissioned by Recess in Brooklyn, NY as part of their program to match artists with justice-system-involved-youth. For this first iteration of Disco Gardens, the artist built an indoor garden that doubled as a sound library, conversation pit, and performance space. The project featured a small collection of vinyl records specifically referencing gardens in their titles or subject matter. Community members were invited to interact with the library through open gallery hours, facilitated listening sessions, and a final exhibition showcasing experimental album covers the youth created for each record. There was also a live performance by local musician, Johann Diedrick, who created a soundscape from a conversation about plants with his Jamaican grandmother. This project was an experiment to see if people would sit together and talk about plant-based themes in Black music.
