Sábado, 20 de abril, é o dia da Terra! Representa o esforço pela melhora do meio ambiente contra tantas ameaças que a “civilização” lhe impõe. Nesse dia, propomos uma reflexão em rede internacional, através da qual muitos projetos de arte & ação (singelos e grandiosos) que acontecem simultaneamente em várias cidades do mundo. A Choque promove um “Viva às Minhocas!” No seu espaço da Alameda Sarutaiá 206, Jardim Paulista, São Paulo. Hoje, sábado, Das 10 às 17 horas. Com apresentação de obras recentes de Erica Mizutani, artista que tem na minhoca uma de suas musas. Obs: vamos também conversar sobre como fazer uma composteira em casa!

You are invited to join the « Urban Art Laboratories »! A series of conjunct artistic and ecological actions that will take place on the week-ends of April 20-21st and April 26-27th 2024.

These actions are a part of @the_nature_of_cities Festival bringing art, science and urban practices together. Our theme this year is : “The Distance between Dreams and Reality is Action”. To support this intention, 9 workshops will be happening in 9 different cities during the next week-ends. They will be each bridging artistic and environmental activism in their own ways!

Saturday April 20th

Bogotá (Colombia)

Title : Ethics and Aesthetics of Fire

Organizer: @dianawiesner_ (landscape designer)

São Paulo (Brasil)

Title: Long live the worms! at @choquecultural

Organizers: @baixo_ribeiro (curator), @ericamizutani (artist)

Den Haag (Nederland)

Title: Community Kimchi at @destadsoase

Organizers: @annaandrejew (artist), Floris Janssens, Sophie Krier @fieldessays (artist)

Paris (France)

Title: Wild Local Flora Mural : the Shapes of Plant Ancestors at @pariciflore

Organizers: Elodie Seguin (horticulturist) and @carmen.bouyer (artist)

Izmir (Türkiye)

Title : Foraging Walk and Meal, and Print Workshop at @maquisprojects

Organizers: @dilek.himam (forager), Maquis Projects :Thomas G. Keogh, Ali Kemal Ertem @aketenten , Hande Bozbıyık @gutu (curators)

Sunday April 21st

Panaji (Bhaarat / India)

Title: Upcycling Workshop with natural dyes at @sensible.earth

Organizers: @julietteravelroychowdhury (textile artist) et Sanjiv (community organizer) @makanakaplastic

Friday April 26th

Daejeon (Hanguk / Korea)

Title: Our Friends, the Weeds

Organizers: @suheekang (herbalist) and @pmlydon (artist), @cityasnature

Margate (United Kingdom) 

Title : Urban Art & Nature: mural walkshop and film screening at Margate School

Organizers: @jessicataggartrose (poet) and @riseupcleanup

Saturday April 27th

New York City (Turtle Island / USA)

Title: Walk/Clean/Make at Mosholu Teaching Forest 

Organizer: @mattlopezjensen (artist)

Many thanks to everyone

Map by @pmlydon