view inside of City Food shop

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Inside view of the installation at Filiale

Cityfood de Bijlmer Amsterdam 2007
Concept / Realisation: Marjolijn Dijkman / Aletta de Jong (NL)
Exhibition: The Go-Between
Organisation: CTP, De Appel Amsterdam, NL
Participating artists: Gustavo Artigas, Marjolijn Dijkman, Diego Fernandez, Jos De Gruyter, Mark Hosking, San Keller, Frank Koolen, Surasi Kusolwong, Daragh Reeves, Harald Thys
Location: De Bijlmer, Amsterdam, NL
Period: May 2007

Cityfood Basel 2005
Concept / Realisation: Marjolijn Dijkman / Aletta de Jong (NL) / Dunja Herzog (CH)
Organisation: Marjolijn Dijkman, Dagmar Heppner (D), Karin Hueber (CH), Noëlle Pia (CH), Kilian Rüthemann (CH), Maja Wismer (CH)
Location: Filiale, Basel, Switserland
Period: June 2005

City Food

In the street where Filiale is located there were a lot vegetable shops from different nationalities. During the residency project Enough Room For Space in Basel we collected edible plants in the city of Basel and made our own city-food shop. We put these plants in tradeboxes and crates. With all the plants we created a shop in the garage space of Filiale.

With this action we tried to investigate the 'natural resources' in a city and our knowledge about them. The interaction with visitors of the Cityfood shop lead to interesting discussions about the relation towards nature and it’s resources in different cultures. The shop was refreshed several times with new plants and spices. The plants were not for sale, but free to take on your own risk.