art + design + landscape
Associated Works
Relational Architecture: the body in space
Spatial Research
Relational / Emotional.
A field of grass installed in the gallery. A series of curtains, lit and animated by a fan. Two people who don’t know each other. What are the qualities of knowing? Does the organization of space - a field condition, or a room - have an impact on how we move and the relational choices we make? This experimental performance work investigates the interplay between human connection and physical space.
About
2019
Environmental Artwork
Philadelphia, PA
Strategy
Hamilton City Magazine "Talking with Trees"
TVO "Beautiful, monumental, and magnificent’: Meet Hamilton’s oldest trees"
Downtown Sparrow "What Coexisting with Urban Trees Can Teach Us About Our City"
CBC Hamilton "Meet the woman searching for the oldest trees in Hamilton"
Hamilton's Heritage Landscapes - Monument Trees of Hamilton - Online Exhibition
Mapping the Invisible - Monument Trees of Hamilton, Neighbourhood Tour - Gage Park
How do trees propagate? In the city, it is easy to forget about the important role seeds play in the forest. Seeds are our quiet companions in the city. We rake them up, drop maple keys and watch them spin and pull them from cracks in the sidewalk when they become a nuisance.
The Learning Guide is co-produced with the Department of Tourism and Culture with the City of Hamilton and Tropos. This educational resource for local teachers will help students learn about the urban forest in Hamilton. As part of the Stewardship program established through our work at Tropos, the Learning Guide introduces the core concepts of our work to kids through a series of creative activities: identifying, collecting, and protecting.
Click on the link below to download a copy for your classroom.
Are you interested in becoming a neighbourhood forest steward? Are you passionate about the trees in your community and want to make a difference?
Give us a shout at the link below:
Author and Artist - Lesia Mokrycke
Sponsor - We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts / Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien
Studio Assistants - Mae Garcia, Alex Li, Sophie Williams
Indigenous Specialist - Paul General, Former Head of Six Nations Eco-Centre
Special Thanks - Cathy Plotz at Hamilton Conservation Authority; Kathy Renwald with CBC Hamilton; the Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee, City of Hamilton Culture and Heritage Department; Hamilton Culture & Tourism / Hamilton Civic Museums; McMaster University, Dept of History; CFMU; CityLAB; University of Toronto, Dept of Environment; Rebecca Rathbone; Hamilton City Magazine; Downtown AM Rotary Club of Hamilton; Our Forest; Downtown Sparrow; Justin Chandler at TVO; Hamilton Naturalists Club; Education department at RBG; Friends of Auchmar, and each member of the Hamilton community who has contributed a tree to this project.
