Urban Organisms examined and creatively explored food sustainability in cities. Working across a range of approaches the project provided a space for conversation and ideas. Connecting up the environmental, socio-economic and political dimensions of urban food production and consumption, the NewBridge Project Space acted as a hub for this activity including film screenings in partnership with Cinema Politica; a cheese tasting and making demonstration; edible food walks; urban growing workshops; and a student micro-brewery takeover. Artists included Fernando Garcia Dory, N55, Magdalena Starska, Mikey Tomkins, Caitlin & Andrew Webb Ellis and Julia Wilmott.
Urban Organisms was a collaborative project developed and curated by arts producer Lauren Healey, and artists Sabina Sallis and Julia Heslop through NewBridge Programme Committee. It was kindly supported by Arts Council England; Seedbed; The Institute for Hazard, Risk and Research, Durham University; Newcastle University Alumni Association Student Initiative Fund; NPS design, print, web.
Cheese-making and tasting demonstration using Fernando Garia Dorys Cheese Production Mobile Unit (CPMU 3) with artist Julia Wilmott and cheesmaker Liam Wood.
Installation in NewBridge Project Space
N55 City Farming Plant module
Looking into NewBridge Project Space
Closing Community Dinner with Magic Hat cafe
Installation in NewBridge Project Space
Stu Brew student brewery takeover
Exhibition installation
Exhibition installation – Circles of Sustainability, Melbourne 2011 and Tehran 2012
Exhibition installation – Fernando Garcia-Dory, Cheese Production Mobile Unit (CPMU 3) 2014
Exhibition installation
Making of N55 City Farming Plant Modules, 2003
Off-site – N55 City Farming Plant Modules, 2003
Exhibition installation – Julia Wilmott, Live Trading Bar, 2015
Exhibition installation – Circles of Sustainability
Exhibition Installation – Fernando Garcia Dory, Cheese Produciton Mobile Unit (CPMU 3)
Urban Organisms (N55 – City Farming Plant Modules)
Closing Community Dinner with Magic Hat cafe
Closing Community Dinner with Magic Hat cafe
Meal using food waste with Magic Hat cafe, as part of Urban Organisms, a project exploring urban food sustainability developed and curated by Lauren Healey, Julia Heslop and Sabina Sallis.