Jan 12 to Feb 25
Virginia Nimarkoh
Urban Utopias
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«Urban Utopias» is an ongoing series of photographs documenting municipal green spaces like parks, community gardens and city farms in southeast London.These sites are the meeting point for diverse narratives around community, nature, ownership and the city.
The project presents these spaces as utopian. The utopia proposed is a contested one that might involve sites that are in a constant state of negotiation and renegotiation. The green spaces in the part of London that the project focuses on contradicts its public perception as an urban jungle. Indeed, there is an almost palpable need for this green space in the urban context. … >>