Ivy Invades London

#57. Ivy Invades London

© Helen Nodding

Seeds
Urban vegetation

Operation: Ivy League is a project to plant ivy on corporate London architecture. It is a natural appropriation organized by residents and commuters as an attack on dull and homogeneous buildings. Thirty-five ivy plants were installed in the city centre on structures identified as boring and targeted for cover-up.
Helen Nodding is inspired by the hardiness of urban plants to draw attention to their activities in the city. She is based in London. The Space Hijackers are a group of “anarchitects” formed in 1999 to combat the erosion of public space by corporations and the imposition of top-down planning.

95.7% genius

Actors: Helen Nodding; Space Hijackers

Location: London, United Kingdom, 2007

Tools: Ivy plants

Gardening

Guerrilla

Comments

Feb 19, 09 Anonymous:

more of this, space hijackers dot org!

Aug 11, 09 mt:

i think this is a terrible idea. ivy destroys native ecosystems and the seeds are easily spread to undesirable places within the city by birds (i.e., green parks). "green" is not always beneficial. good idea + not well thought out = unintended consequences.

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