Volunteer plants penetrate harsh landscapes, thriving under conditions of poor soil and post-industrial waste. These spontaneous plants blanket spaces of transition by creeping into slivers of dirt and emerging year after year, far from their places of origin. Wild plants are often labeled as “weeds” or “invasive,” yet, they are opportunists that queer the urban landscape.
Essay written in 2017, featured in:
Toward a Common Survival, The Institute of Queer Ecology, 2018.
The Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics 2016-2018: International Biennial Prize Conference, 2017: Seeds as Storyteller/Witness, November 2017.
