The Perception of Wilderness in The Garden of Us. 

Roshanna Rashied-Walker 

A site-specific installation by Roshanna Rashied-Walker blurring the lines of what is nature, what is wilderness, what is wild.  

Creating a temporary habitat of the borrowed, procured and hand grown, The Perception of Wilderness in The Garden of Us, a site based installation will explore how we relate to nature. The recognition of nature is a realization of self and a true understanding of self serves as a tool to access states of higher consciousness. What is nature, what is wilderness, what is wild? Is it a distant idea or is it all encompassing. Is an age old tree growing in a city lot any different from an ancient tree thriving deep within the forest? By blurring these lines we are faced with a unique wilderness that invites us to reconsider the plants, trees, cracks, and crevices that make up our reality. 

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, the Greenwich Collection, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and Humanities NY.