The Chimera Plantarium Weekend | Foraging the City with Phytology

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A walk around the neighbourhood to discover and collect urban medicinal plants.

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Join Chiara Dellerba and Michael Smythe of <a href="http://phytology.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Phytology</a> for a walk in the neighbourhood to discover and collect urban medicinal plants and engage in conversation about how urban plants, often cast aside as ‘weeds’, can be beneficial to both our ecosystem and our health.Through sharing knowledge about urban plants and wildflowers in Lenton and Radford we will speak of resilience, adaptation, survival and regeneration, inviting a new appreciation of our forgotten flora.<a href="https://www.weareprimary.org/whats-on/the-chimera-plantarium-weekend" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Chimera Plantarium weekend</a>2–3 October 2021During 2021, artist Chiara Dellerba undertook a period of research to expand her ongoing project<a href="https://www.weareprimary.org/projects-archive/chimera-plantarium-project?rq=plantarium%20" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> The Chimera Plantarium</a>. She has tested out a model for working with local people in Radford and Lenton to map, rethink and redesign public places from the perspective of plants plants - with the ultimate goal of revealing the beauty and biological wealth of these great protagonists of the living world.The Chimera Planetarium Weekend will present this research through a series of activities, bringing together different people to share their knowledge around plants, city planning and collaborative design. Book for just one session or join us for the whole weekend. All events are free, but places are limited and booking is essential. If you have any questions or access needs please contact rebecca@weareprimary.orgChiara DellerbaChiara Dellerba is an artist based in Nottingham. Her work focuses on ecology, slow down and collective-care practices and their civic impact on society. She makes installations, interactive performances, collaborative-based works and books as toolkits to investigate the city, the environment and the future of our society. In 2017 she co-founded F-L-A-T-5, an interdisciplinary research space which explores domestic narratives and place making dynamics.In 2019, she founded Zona Planetaria, a research-based residency programme which promotes slowing down and contemplation as practices in which caring, resting, suspending can be reclaimed as political acts by and for everyone. Her work has been exhibited across different countries: Marilena Bonomo (Bari), Macro Museum (Rome), Alessandra Bonomo (Rome), Sara Zanin (Rome), Onetwentyeight gallery (New York), Kiyomiyamagishi (Nagano, Japan), Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester), Mac (Birmingham), NAE (Nottingham), 58th Venice Biennale (Venice). Her current work is focused on the development of the Chimera Plantarium, a multidisciplinary investigation program on urban spontaneous plants and their contribution in rethinking and redesign public places.Michael SmytheMichael Smythe is an artist, urban farmer and creative director of Nomad Projects, an independent arts foundation that develops experimental projects across digital and location-specific spaces. Nomad Projects critically engages with issues surrounding environmental and social equality within the urban landscape. Current projects include Phytology, an urban physic garden and research institute in Bethnal Green (East London), Urban Mind - a global research project investigating the relationship between the landscape and mental health, and Mobile Apothecary, a herbal medicine dispensary providing free healthcare to individuals and communities with limited access to accommodation and quality health care.Michael studied installation, performance and art history at the Australian National University, Canberra, and Hochschule Der Künste, Berlin.

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