underGROWTH was a year-long series of monthly, eco-art micro-residencies designed to confront issues relating to Coventry’s environment: the air we breathe, the trees lining our streets, the weeds breaking through the paving slabs, the River Sherbourne running beneath the city, the food we eat and our human responses to the city’s ecology. The series was designed to cultivate and transform how local communities inhabit the city, through collaborations with eco-artists, environmental activists, food growers, scientists and academics from around the UK.

I co-curated the series with Lauren Sheerman, in collaboration with the Pod: Coventry City Council’s award winning secondary mental health social brokerage and cultural hub. We worked across the Pod’s two main sites: the Pod Cafe on the east side of the city centre; and the Food Union’s CV5 Allotment in the Sherbourne Valley Allotments, just west of the city centre.