Plant - Matter NeoEden Melbourne

ART: Plant - Matter NeoEden Melbourne:
A Collaborative Exhibition by Artist Hsu Su-chen & Eco-architect Lu Chien-ming

Sacrament, 2008, Su-Chen Hsu

Taiwanese artist in residence at the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Su-chen Hsu, in collaboration with Taiwanese eco-architect Lu Chien-ming, presents the results of their research into plants that thrive in adverse environments in Taiwan:

"Successful Beachheads": Beach Plants in Shihmen Township on Taiwan's North Coast
"Urban Residents": Plants found in Adverse Urban Environments in Metropolitan Taipei
"Internal Migrants": Riverbank Vegetable Garden Plants in Da-lu-an Village

The plants are presented in the form of digital prints, and offered to the visiting public in exchange for vegetables, particularly those grown in Melbourne’s community gardens. Each of the vegetable/print swaps will be documented and exhibited in Domain House, illustrating the manner in which various community groups use their gardens to relate to food culturally and socially, and the relative safety of these home-grown plants produced in an urban environment in light of the recent milk product scare in China. An Asialink/Taipei Artist Village project supported by Taipei Culture Foundation and The Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Asialink, The University of Melbourne, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Arts in Residency Taipei, Taipei Culture Foundation, Cultivating Community.

OPENING:

DATE: Friday, 28 November 2008 (Opening Night) / Saturday, 29 November - Saturday, 13 December 2008 (Exhibition)
TIME: 6pm - 8pm
VENUE: Domain House, Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra VIC (Opposite the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne)
ENQUIRIES: arts@asialink.unimelb.edu.au

EXHIBITION DATES:
29 November – 13 December 2008
11am – 5pm, Wednesday to Saturday

COMMUNITY GARDENS EXCHANGE:
11am-5pm, Saturday 29 November 2008
(All other swaps welcome during exhibition)