VeryMK – Tree Gun Farm

THE EXPERIENCE AND FAILURE

Promotion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rCJdQdBHrw

Fong Cheung Funn Yan Ho Siu Hei

We protested in UABBHK2013Urban Edge

Two years of reflection

Very MK Rooftop Farm

Location= Prewar building (Tong Lau) about to become this:

Members = Precarious Youth (MK Jai)

From idea to everything

Making compose

Making compose fashionably

Rooftop Ecology

Selling Produce (emphasis on street life)

Open space X Community Use

Reciprocal relationship

Exchange with nature Exchange of labour force Exchange with community

Idea raised by Koji Karatani (Political theorist, writer)

TreeGun Farm

The supposedly messy appearance

Symbolic references

Altering aesthetics = Altering politics

Original brothel design. (currently out of electricity) A part of MK

Creating a queer space

Logo (by Rainbow Lee)

Urban Renewal (Land Grabbing)

Eviction of rural farmers (Land grabbing)

Occupy everywhere (reclaim the city)

Part of history and art

Farm for democracy

Aims of Tree Gun Farm

Collaboration between strangers

Breaking the rules. Confronting LCSD

Demonstrating the possibilities of public space

Triggering imagination

Building Connections

Sharing produce and knowledge

Building Public Space with stories

To prevent future green washing/cultural bulldozers

Organization

FarmOnline

Document the growth of plants

Keep everyone update

Create a online community

To do list

Keep track of the tasks

To share workload

Open space

Treegun soil vs Very MK soil

Digging soil from Ma Shi Po

Get rabbit poop in grass

Collecting leafs from KLN Park

Getting Coffee from nearby cafe

Soil Condition

Compare with bare soil

Evaluation

HK fighting fish vs unexpected guest

Beans

Security problem: Fig and lemon

Sharing with community: fair

Bounding with staff

Spreading the messageBand group not active

URA notice asked to take down by curator

Rope remainedNot completely open

Now: Tree Gun vs VeryMK

Rainbow

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