1. The Front Garden of Tottenham as you Enter from the City after Passing through Pubs, Cafes and a Parish

(2018)

Tottenham’s ‘Front Gardens’: Linguistic Self-deceptions, Imaginary Landscapes and Urban Constructions

 Let’s name things shall we! Humans constantly game with make-beliefs to ideate imageries of love/hate. In this project we explore how we deal with nature with these quirky mind games after we’ve replaced habitats with bricks and roads and power cables while still maintaining this long-distance love/hate relationship. And just as how intimacies can be maintained with ever more words, the more we get our thesaurus challenged, the more we’ll find ourselves fantasizing about having actual (?) plantation upon our doorsteps without the trouble of confronting nasty chores and creepy things. Here in each work a conception of Tottenham’s ‘front garden’ is introduced. Viewers can then decide how convinced they are as they travel one step from the comfort of linguistics into the asperity of urban realities.

Editor's note: The Tottenham’s ‘Front Gardens’: Linguistic Self-deceptions, Imaginary Landscapes and Urban Constructions series was first published in Tottenham Community Press (Nov 2018).