The Plantiness of Bankstown

Funder: Bankstown Arts Centre, Partners: Symbioisis, Bankstown Biennale
Introduction
The Plantiness of Bankstown encouraged participants to walk the suburb of Bankstown, envisaging the neighbourhood in more planty ways.
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MappingEdges - The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecology (2021) portrait

The Plantiness of Bankstown (2020)

Why do plants matter? How do they help mitigate critical issues like the climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and pollution?

This project encouraged participants to walk the suburb of Bankstown, envisaging the neighbourhood in more planty ways. Learning was centred around six invitations: to consider questions of Indigenous land ownership; to create a piece of plant-based art; to engage with local gardeners; to observe the habitats at their feet; to rest among the plants; and to explore the ‘architects’ of the plane trees near Bankstown station.

While the exhibition mode of this project is complete, we invite you to experience Mapping Edges in Bankstown through a self guided walk. Watch the a video invitation, download the map and be in touch with your feedback.

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