Vertical Gardens @ AIA SF Feb 18-April 30, 2010!

My work is traveling with the exhibition to the American Institute of Architects Gallery inSan Francisco and is up from February 18 - April 31, 2010. More info is attached below - in case you are in the area. Thank you for your support! (I want to go visit San Francisco soon, but not sure I can scrounge up the funds...we shall see...)

Vertical Gardens

February 18 - April 30, 2010AIA San Francisco Gallery

130 Sutter Street, Suite 600

Opening Reception February 25, 6:00-7:15 pm | Lecture 7:15-8:00 pm

, Register at [http://verticalgardensopening. eventbrite.com

http://www.aiasf.org/Programs/ Gallery.htm](http://verticalgardensopening.eventbrite.com/)The past decade has seen an overwhelming emergence of green roofs and vertical gardens, designed to combat the lack of flora in the city. Buildings around the world—from the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco—have embraced green walls or roofs for their economical, environmental, and aesthetic values. Vertical farms and gardens are also being envisioned as new ways to feed local and organic foods to city dwellers. Largely based on the principles of hydroponics, vertical gardens are mostly self-sustaining because they capture large amounts of natural sunlight and water, and use wind as an energy source. In a country where cities are suffocated by high rises, cement and industrial materials, where can green space exist? As this exhibition demonstrates, one possible answer is “up.”Featuring work by: Abruzzo Bodziak Architects; ATOPIA with The Harrison Studio; Bob Bingham and Claire Hoch; Patrick Blanc; Bohn & Viljoen Architects; Dickson Despommier, Eric Ellingsen, SOA Architects, Blake Kurasek; Evo Design with Mica Gross and Rogers Design Group; Todd Haiman; Haus-Rucker-Inc.; Edmundo Ortega and Dianne Rohrer; Claude Boullevraye de Passillé; Oda Projesi; Naomi Reis; Roomservices; and SITE (Denise MC Lee, Sara Stracey and James Wines).

Curated by Vertical Gardens is an exhibition produced by Exit Art and is the third exhibition in Exit Art's SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) program - a unique endeavor conceived by Papo Colo, Co-Founder/Artistic Director, that presents a diverse multimedia exhibition program and permanent archive of artworks that address social and environmental concerns. SEA assembles artists, activists, scientists and scholars to address environmental issues through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. This exhibition was conceived by Papo Colo and curated by Jeanette Ingberman, Lauren Rosati, and Herb Tam of Exit Art in New York City and was presented at Exit Art from March 28 – June 6, 2009.
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