Envisioning the Future of Our Cities: Thinking with the Harrisons

What does remaking civic environments entail? What does remaking artworks mean? This panel will link the Harrisons’ early works, which take the form of DIY instructions and backyard farming installations as an ecological practice, with the challenges of ‘greening’ urban environments today. Drawing on the expertise of panelists involved in significant and innovative ecological work, the discussion will address questions of ownership of the commons - both of ideas and of essential requirements for life, such as water and green spaces.

Moderated by Anne Douglas, Professor Emerita, Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Scotland and Chris Fremantle, Lecturer, Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Scotland, and featuring panelists Lauren Bon, Environmental Artist and the Director of the Metabolic Studio, Los Angeles; Teddy Cruz, Professor of Public Culture and Spatial Practice, Visual Arts Department, UC San Diego; Fonna Forman, Professor of Political Science and Founding 
Director of the Center on Global Justice, UC San Diego; and Oscar Romo, Artist, Engineer, Director of Alter Terra, San Diego.

Presented in conjunction with La Jolla Historical Society's PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work.