| About The Meadow Network |
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San Francisco is comprised of citizens from myriad locations and backgrounds, some are native, while others have immigrated from all parts of the world. In the experiences and memories of these travelers, there are hundreds of countrysides and many shades of green. These histories will inform any future transformation of the city, from a center of urban consumption into something more sustainable, as the memories of San Franciscans contain visions for farming, markets, preservation and exchange. The Meadow Network project is rooted in a broad series of interviews with city residents from diverse backgrounds. beginning in October 2008 , we are visiting city farms, open markets, gardening stores and public parks, talking to people about where they came from, their own memories and their personal connections to rural life. What traditions of growing, preserving, festival and bartering do they hold on to or re-create? How would they see these as manifesting in San Francisco and their everyday life? What would future urban green space come to resemble? The interviews will be edited into a series of texts and images and printed as newspapers, which will be released once every month. The Meadow Network is being produced as our contribution to the exhibition The Gatherers: Greening Our Urban Spheres, which opens at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Nov. 1, 2008. The Meadow Network newspapers will be displayed in the gallery and distributed through a variety of public spaces. For the official exhibition website, please follow this link. |