IMAGE/IMAGINE(ING) A WILD GARDEN: SARA ANGELUCCI & CHARLIE BRIGGS
FREE ARTIST TALK
Wednesday MAY 26, 12:00 (noon) EST, 2021
In her project Nocturnal Botanical Ontario artist Sara Angelucci images plants which grow in the Pretty River Valley in Southern Ontario, an area surrounded by the Niagara escarpment and a provincial park. Her compositions of plants growing entwined uncover the ecological impacts of settler colonialism and global trade; forces which have wreaked havoc on the natural environment.
Deeply inspired by Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer’s ideas of reciprocity, gratitude and stewardship, Angelucci joins horticulturalist and arborist Charlie Briggs in a conversation about how we can positively contribute to our environment through our plant choices and landscape practices. While acknowledging the impacts we have had on the world through gardening and the globalization of plants, we can set a path forward that will support healthy ecosystems for generations.
SARA ANGELUCCI
Sara Angelucci is a Toronto-based artist working in photography, video, audio, and installation. Over the years her projects have drawn from a range of personal photographs and films—to anonymous and found images. Since 2013 her work has focused on our fraught relationship with the natural world, channeling personal and environmental grief. Angelucci is an Adjunct Professor in Photography at the School of Image Arts, Ryerson University.
CHARLIE BRIGGS
Charlie Briggs is a horticulturist and arborist with Royal Botanical Gardens. He is passionate about helping gardeners and property owners make the most of their outdoor spaces and better understand the changes we can make to promote a more responsible and sustainable form of gardening.
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This Program is organized in partnership between PAMA and Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
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