[Community_garden] Q2 opens Saturday!

[lisa tucker]



As Part of the San Bernardino United Human Family Cooperative Garden  
Opening & Health Fair on June 30, 2007, Q2 will open to the public  
for the first time, inviting visitors to "clone-your-own" fresh  
fruits and vegetables.  Based on the 18th century Royal Botanical  
Gardens at Kew, where the English collected plants from colonized  
lands for use by the elite in the empire, this project reverses the  
exploitation by sharing food plants developed by large corporations  
with those in less privileged circumstances.  The process begins by  
collecting supermarket “Flora” from various locations, then  
through specialized propagation technologies, the plant tissue is  
replicated in the geodesic-dome/lab/greenhouse.  The new food plants,  
fruits and vegetables harvested are then distributed to residents in  
the community.

Vandana Shiva's writing influences the concept behind Q2.  She states  
in, Protect or Plunder:  Understanding Intellectual Property Rights,  
“Patents on life amount to claiming the role of Creator or God.  One  
entity cannot claim the creation-right to living organisms without  
taking this role. The holders of such patents set out to prove that  
they have developed a “new” life, opening up the floodgates of  
patenting life forms.”  Perceived ownership of living organisms has  
led to the patenting of seeds and tissue, further taking what was  
accessible to all and controlling it through private entities for  
commercial gain.  Q2 questions the ethics of such practices.

Lisa Tucker and Ron Chiarello began Q2 in the virtual world of  
LambdaMOO, later relocating their collaboration to the Anne E.  
Shirrells Park Community Garden in San Bernardino.  Dr. Chiarello  
teaches chemistry at CSU, East Bay and has spent the majority of his  
career in the biotechnology industry.  Lisa Tucker is an  
interdisciplinary artist and researcher, currently working in the  
area of eco and biotech art through a socially engaged practice.  The  
events have been organized in cooperation with the City of San  
Bernardino, New Hope Missionary Church, San Bernardino Community  
Development Corporation, Rio Vista Elementary School, Operation  
Phoenix, United Human Family Network and "Bioneering:  Hybrid  
Investigations of Food" (www.foodbioneers.com).  Q2 is generously  
supported by the University of California Institute for Research in  
the Arts, University of California Digital Arts Network, and the  
University of California, Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

UNITED HUMAN FAMILY COOPERATIVE GARDEN OPENING & HEALTH FAIR

Saturday, June 30, 2007
11:00 am - 2 pm
Anne E. Shirrells Park
1367 N. California Street
San Bernardino, CA 92411


EVENTS, FEATURES & ACTIVITIES

Community Garden Walkthrough
Fruit and Vegetable Bag Giveaways
Plant Sharing
Raffle Drawings for Home-Garden Installations
Community Garden Sign-Ups
Vegetarian Lunch Provided
Live Music, Poetry
and More!





                 












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