A Lot of Possibilities #1, 2009.

Nanna Debois Buhl, Laura Fayer, Sandra Eula Lee, Sandra Mack-Valencia, Mark Inglis Taylor and Jonathan Velardi made their interpretations of a theme of transplantation and transformation in "interior lots" at WinterSpace.

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Nanna Debois Buhl’s video installation, "Travelling Plants," is a subtle meditation on cross-fertilization, colonial history and cultural records.

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Responding to how the 104th St. Garden seems to remind its gardeners of where they grew up - however different these locales might be - Laura Fayer and Sandra Mack-Valencia made 'Alumbrados,' a wall collaboration. The work is a celebration of Medellin, Colombia, where Sandra grew up surrounded by her father's murals.

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Alumbrados, detail

Whereas the city is mostly known to foreigners as the home of drug cartels, Sandra's and Laura's experience, during a visit in 2008, was one of a city transformed and visionary city-planning. Christmas fireworks (polvora) and the city's illuminated lights on both river banks (alumbrados) inspired their imagery.

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For her mixed media installation, "Request a Street Tree," Sandra Eula Lee photographed trees and pavements of New York City, reflecting both on city-dwellers' innate need for nature, as well as their preconceived notions of 'nature' - and the occasionally tragicomic results.

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Kenneth Rasmussen's large linoleum prints depict interactive diversity - actual species coexisting with those of his imagination and communication taking place via his native Danish language, an invented language and interspersions of English profanity. His irreverent utopia includes an enormous chrocheted bra and briefs connected via a long spine - made from recycled plastic bags. He intends for this work to eventually be placed outside, for all to see.

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From San Francisco, Mark Inglis Taylor mailed drawings he made (and culled from personal archive) in response to my description of the 104th St. Garden. The drawings are open to interpretation and facilitation and served as props during my telling the story of the garden to the show's visitors. One drawing became a TV anchor person

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Jonathan Velardi’s proposal fuses his
research of urban gardens and garden
design with his interest in patterns and
public art. His wall installation is
inspired by the garden's flamingos and
the decorative window bars at
WinterSpace. His proposal includes an
obelisk kit, to be assembled by the
gardeners themselves.

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