Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Plant pot takeover


I decided that another way to provoke interest for my forthcoming event was to take over the roof terrace space of JWT with small plant pots which were donated to me for free by the lovely Gardener, Peter Logan. These pots would form the basis for my event in which participants would pick up any pot of their choice from the surrounding area, rip up whichever part of the Metro they chose and cover it in soil before writing their names on the pots and then placing them in the greenhouse.

Giving the participants
-A pot of their choice
-Whichever part of the newspaper they wanted to plant
-Their choice of a location inside the greenhouse,
I would be making the event more personal and hopefully, more people would be willing to get involved and compete to help create the most successful outcome. Writing their names on the plant pots also meant that once the event was over, the participants could also keep a close check on their plant's progress through the see-through greenhouse gallery.

By filling the bases with soil to keep them from blowing away and placing them around the roof terrace walkway, I was able to spread my greenhouse installation and use the whole space.
Placing the plant pots in areas where people walked, encouraged them pay more attention to the installation and venture inside to read they flyers in order to find out what on earth was going on!
Here are some images of the plant pot takeover, taken during the week of my event.

1 comment:

  1. I think the regimented plantpots really work well here and provide the backdrop for an excellent installation. Well done with the photos.

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