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During 2010-11, Cortada is working with Urban Paradise Guild and its volunteers in the implementation of this participatory eco-art project. Click here to download Newsletter PDF.
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Participants will:
- Remove invasive exotics across Miami-Dade County and collect the removed specimens for use in Hanging Gardens project.
- Inspired by Cortada’s concepts, test and development of best processes for creation of hand-made works using exotic invasive trees and plants. Method should be one that can be easily replicated at home by the community at large.
- Based on best methods selected, create works to be included in the Hanging Gardens exhibit.
Auburn University
Using exotic invasive plants from East-Central Alabama, Hanging Gardens has also been implemented as the final assignment (download class syllabus PDF) in Professor Christopher McNulty’s combined intermediate-level and advanced-level sculpture class during Spring 2010 at Auburn University.
Click here to download compilation of Spring 2010 Auburn art students’ Hanging Gardens sculptures.