FIX09
artists: MA Art in Public
title: The Anarchist Plot
date: Thursday 1st October and Friday 2nd October
I called down to the Eglantine community garden on Friday afternoon. A square of wasteland enclosed by the back of four rows of terraced houses and flats. The wasteland was transformed five years ago into an array of veg plots, flowerbeds, soft fruit tress and more by members of the local community. Unlike a traditional allotment the spaces are not sectioned off to individuals, but everyone takes responsibility of the whole space and works together. As part of FIX09 students from the MA Art in Public course at the University of Ulster realised a number of public art projects based in the garden. These included Sinead Conlon’s Ty Unnos; a freestanding shelter, which exploits a legal loophole. If it is completed between sunset and sunrise and includes a smoking chimney then the structure can legally remain and the land can be claimed as your own.
Later that Friday an outdoor meal was laid on with the produce from the garden itself.
The garden is a wonderful place in the middle of the city and mention must be made of the hard work the community have invested to make this amazing project happen. For more information on the Eglantine community garden see http://eglantine-community-garden.blogspot.com
