Morris Arboretum & Gardens, Philadelphia
Saturday 06.15.24
Remember. Dream. Imagine. Share.
On June 15, 2024, Blue Lab staged the inaugural installation of our Popup Story Patch public art project at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens in Philadelphia.
Invoking imagination, memory, speculation and active engagement, the Popup Story Patch invited visitors into conversations, experiences and creative projects that might reframe how they think about their relationships to the more-than-human world.
Our short film about the Popup Story Patch is, in its essence, a big box of love letters to the animals, plants and places that have most moved them.
Tour the popup story patch engagement stations!
The Popup Story Patch comprised four "engagement stations" that asked visitors to consider some of the animals, plants and places that have captivated their imaginations. These could be multispecies family members, lively presences in yards or neighborhoods, and reminders of ecological loss or places they've called home.
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Popup story patch highlights
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Popup story patch credits
The Blue Lab Popup Story Patch was created by Barron Bixler, Allison Carruth, Jayme Collins, Nate Otjen and Asela Perez-Ortiz. The Popup Story Patch short film (above) was directed, filmed, written, narrated and edited by Barron Bixler with executive production by Allison Carruth and camera operation by Allison Carruth and Asela Perez-Ortiz.
The project was supported by an award from the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) under its multi-year project, Ecotopian Toolkit. The theme of this year's toolmaking was been "Ecotopian Tools for Multispecies Flourishing." Blue Lab is grateful to PPEH and the Morris Arboretum for this opportunity to develop our inaugural public art and engagement project, with special thanks to Bethany Wiggin, PPEH's Founding Director, and Megan Hernandez, PPEH's Program Coordinator.
We envision bringing the Popup Story Patch to communities around New Jersey and beyond! If you're interested in hosting the project, please contact us.
