In a vegetal setting, the Umcebo Gallery presents an exhibition around urban gardens, and their gardeners.
Texts and photos by Guga Nagib, Damien Deville and Antoine Bertron.
With the participation of the association Designing Hope.
Opening on Wednesday September 12th
Exhibition from September 13 to October 5, 2018
Guga Nagib analyzes urban agriculture in its activist expression. He studies shared gardens, community gardens and school gardens in Paris and Sao Paulo as initiatives coming from local social groups who have the power to transform the urban environment and public spaces.
Damien Deville is particulary interested in the links between people in precarious situations and the land. Wishing to overcome the predominant anthropocentrism that is frequent in academic thought and political action, his work on Alès and Porto leads us to consider the emergence of new and pacified coexistences between humans and non-humans.
Antoine Bertron studies alternative farming initiatives. He made a series of portraits of urban farmers in the region of Paris, using specific and innovative techniques: apiculture on the rooftops of Paris, permaculture, sheep farming in the Paris suburbs, growing above ground (and especially on haystacks) , hydroponics etc.
La Traversine is an educational garden that works in a network with other educational gardens developed by the association in Africa, through the platform www.transgardens.org
Opening on Wednesday September 12th
Exhibition from September 13 to October 5, 2018
