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Leslie Kuo | urban plant research
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Https:/ urbanplants.wordpress.com. I'm an artist, designer, and translator. I work with images, text, installation, interventions and the Internet to explore plants, people and public spaces in urban communities. Posts by Leslie Kuo:. Pencils and paint and urban plants: botanical drawing show at Prinzessinnengarten. Karlshorst: tripping, or not tripping, over a plant. How to eat weeds in Hawaii. Lei culture, plant culture, in Hawaii and Germany. Giveaway: vintage pocket guides on edible/poisonous plants.
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Exhibitions/Events | urban plant research
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18 July to 11 October 2015. Opening reception: Friday, 17 Juli 2015, 6pm. Artists: Barbara Eitel, Jörg Finus, Juliane Laitzsch, Laetitia Norkeit, Farkhondeh Shahroudi, Nele Ströbel, Urban Plant Research (Leslie Kuo, Sara Bouchard). Curated by Dorothee Bienert. More info about the exhibition. Including some great participatory events and summer concerts at the gallery and park. Galerie im Körnerpark, Schierker Str. 8, 12051 Berlin. Artist Residency at Lichtenberg Studios. What can we learn from them?
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Denver plants don’t mind the gaps | urban plant research
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Laquo; Berlin exhibition opens Friday with new video by Urban Plant Research. Mexico City Airport: Giant Potted Plants. Denver plants don’t mind the gaps. 3 August 2015 by Leslie Kuo. Hollyhocks and few other plants are thriving in the tiny gap between the buildings and sidewalks of Denver (though a few look like they’ve been pruned). Thank you to Min Li for stopping to observe some urban plants and share them with us! Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).
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About | Leslie Kuo
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I am a designer and translator. I use images, language and the web to engage with communities in change and changing communities. I grew up in California, then studied biology and art at Yale, where I worked at a traditional, student-run printing press. And the library’s Art of the Book collection. And also did graphic design for WYBC 1340am, the free-format college radio station. Next, I got my start as an artist and designer in New Haven on the team of the non-profit art center Artspace. In subway stat...