Recreational Grounds was founded by Tim Ralston and Fiona Grady and joined by Anna Lytridou in 2019.
Recreational grounds is a reaction to the issues of limits and accessibility of the more typical exhibition spaces in London, with an aim to encourage experimentation and create a dialogue around the alternative presentation of artwork. The project encourages ephemeral approaches to react to the restrictions of creating outdoor site-responsive work for the 48hr exhibition.
For this piece, I loosely moulded an ear shape, filling it with re-purposed artichoke flowers; tying and painting them into the structure. Designed from a pun on the phrase Woz ere and the traces of the city and peoples’ actions within it, this piece is made from locally grown materials and was walked through Burgess park to the exhibition space for further encounters with the neighbourhood context and location of the building.
