The Earth is A Trampled Garden group exhibition was held at a rooftop on New York’s 269 Kosciuszko Street on June 25.
The pop-up space was organized by Bryce Grates and only ran for one evening. The show explored concepts of nature, economy, cities and artificiality as well as entertainment within the capitalist agenda and included works by Bea Fremderman, Ficus Interfaith (Ryan Bush and Raphael Cohen) and Laurie Kang.
Using a range of materials, from found and handmade objects to plants and naturally occurring reactions, the works are brought together and move in the direction of a perhaps fictional, or not-yet-tapped, ‘third nature,’ providing a “new take on the ways that natural materials can be considered and reconstructed for an audience.” **