Beer Makes Gardens

#56. Beer Makes Gardens

© Helen Nodding

Instructions

Moss Graffiti is a recipe for living graffiti inspired by the hardiness of London weeds. A mixture of beer, sugar, and moss is painted onto an outdoor surface (brick and roughened concrete work best). The moss will gradually colonize the structure, covering undesirable architecture and making an individual mark on a corporate structure. Eventually, the moss graffiti will look as if it has always been there. Helen Nodding is inspired by the hardiness of urban plants to draw attention to their activity in the city. She is based in London.

90% genius

Actors: Helen Nodding

Location: London, United Kingdom, 2007

Tools: Beer, sugar, moss, blender

Gardening

Guerrilla

Comments

Jan 19, 09 Anonymous:

This is soooo cool!

Feb 12, 09 grant in NY:

what's the recipe? where do i get the moss? there are some buildings on other "objets" that need some creative plant tags.

Feb 19, 09 Anonymous:

There is a moss recipe on Helen's site - http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk/data/html/mossgraffiti.html

Mar 6, 09 cecart:

This is a fantastic idea.

Mar 3, 10 christophe tercier:

hi ,i find this idea genious ,can you tell me how to do that,i m working for a city in france ,we want to do that in our city,please contact me on my email by

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