Edible School Yard – An 8-month collaborative experiment to cultivate a variety of vegetables from seed in the courtyard at Bagley’s Lane, Chelsea College of Art. Improvised structures were designed using materials from local sources, including a neighbouring construction site and the college skip where students would throw their discarded canvas stretchers. The indoor space housed a resource centre that provided static and interactive information for visitors to engage with. The schoolyard became an urban D.I.Y. space for organised events and activities to happen.
Kingcup Farm – On the opening night of the MA show a local farmer was invited to set up a market stall and sell his own fresh produce alongside the growing vegetables, demonstrating an alternative model of production and exchange in an art school context. Video documentation of this event was later shown at the Pump House Gallery in Arrivals 2004.
