Micro Turf
Micro Turf is a project and process, where we survey parking lot ecosystems, abandoned infra-structures, trade routes, and micro habitats of Berlin by dissecting the fringe-ecologies within the city. Analyzing ecological succession, the expedition collects samples, maps wildlife, illustrates the topography, detects seismographic data, and observes the micro-climates to create models of future urban habitats.
The project concentrates on what is actually observable and currently happening in each Micro Turf space – what factors led to the creation of a particular space, and what may happen in the future. We analyze the patterns and interactions of plants, animals, humans and their respective structures. Processes include investigation, tool-creation, method development, data-gathering, and documentation.
Initiated as a public workshop and continued as a meticulous expedition into local urban natures, an experimental field guide will document the observed turfs, their current states and their potential and imaginary successions.
With:
Jon Cohrs, Morgan Levy and Alex Toland
At:
Part of Urban Wilderness Action Center, Eyebeam and Electrosmog Festival. Skulpturenpark Berlin, KUNSTrePUBLIK e.V.
Year:
2010
