Edina Tokodi is blowing up Williamsburg with her moss graffiti, taking green guerilla gardening tactics to a new level.
The artist states:
I think that our distance from nature is already a cliché. City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery. As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life. As a cultivator of eco-urban sensitivity, I usually go back to the sites to visit my plants or moss, sometimes to repair them a bit, but nothing more generally as they tend to get enough water from the air, condensation, and rain - especially in certain seasons. I also like to let them live by themselves. From the moment I put them on the street they start to have their own life. For me, the reaction of life on the street is also very important. I am curious about how people receive them, if they just leave them alone, or if they want to, take care of them or dismantle them. This is what makes my work similar to graffiti, although I am searching for a deeper social meaning and a dialogue with memories of the animals and gardens of my past in a small town in Central Europe. I believe that if everyone had a garden of their own to cultivate, we would have a much more balanced relation to our territories. Of course, a garden can be many things.
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- vavavicky
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- added October 25, 2007
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nice info
ive seen them
go street art!
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That's nice. I wouldn't mind smelling green stuff. Prefer it over the spray paint smell.
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- ClassicWinter
- 1 year ago
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Too cute!
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It's street art that nobody could call vandalism.
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- joshuaheller
- 1 year ago
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This the best new form of vandalism in 2007!
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cool. moss is hott.
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I want online instructions on how to do this.
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Just Love it!!!
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- isadoraduncan
- 1 year ago
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sloan- that's a good idea.
i'll see if i can find them, and if not- i'll ask the artist. -
Whoa, I think you'd need more than a green thumb to get this growing :)
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- JasonMontreal
- 1 year ago
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@vavavicky -- and of course what would be unbelievably over-the-top cool would be to actually do it (or catch the artist in the act)... and get it on video!
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ooooooh sloan u just may have something there.
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Were working on a green campaign for our client, SEPTA (South Eastern Public Transportation Association) who will be launching hybrid buses in the upcoming year. While doing research we discovered Edinas moss art and quickly became inspired. We are interested in contacting the artist and collaborating with her to find out more of her
technique so that we can possibly replicate the moss art around our region in forms as they relate to SEPTA. (The campaign is not yet approved and is one of three being presented.)I can be reached at csembrot@redtettemer.com
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want to know more! How can I get in contact with the artist?
