Florestania Guest Session #2

Re-imagining Urban Identity with Plants FLORESTANIA Guest Session #2

The workshop begins with an introduction to the Lianjiang Herbalist, a 2021 project in Qingyuan Canton, China where 107 identified plants tell the story of community resilience and belonging in an urban landscape.

Next, we will go on a group foraging walk around the St. Marx area to identify the local plant species around us. This collective exercise will bring a fresh new awareness on our relationship with plants and what urban identity means.

Just bring your curiosity for plants, you need nothing else!;)
The workshop is in english and german, FREE and open to everyone!

Aki Lee is a Vienna-based Chinese artist working at the intersection of art and society. Developing urban regeneration projects since 2014, she explores power dynamics, food, and everyday acts of care as essential components of relational ecologies.

Oi Pui Hoang, trained in molecular biology and studying Chinese medicine, is passionate about connecting body, mind and nature, and integrating scientific and holistic knowledge systems.

Beteiligte Künstler:innen / Akteur:innen:
Aki Lee, Oi Pui Hoang
FLORESTANIA IM DRITTEN was born from the idea of the artist Mary Maggic ttogether with Max Scheidl, Leon Thomas, Sofia Zorzi.
FLORESTANIA IM DRITTEN is a project by BIG ART in collaboration with ARE Austrian Real Estate and KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien.