An invasive alien is spreading rapidly
and threatening our native species,
biodiversity, and infrastructure. What
can we do and how should we react?
What is its impact? Can we return to a
landscape free of these exotics or should
we challenge our protectionist attitude?
What role can we play?
Photographer Kristof Vrancken and
graphic designer Niek Kosten investigate
and dissect the position of the plant
species Japanese knotweed in their
environment.
Not in my backyard! show-
cases a wide array of experimental
work that explores various visual and
imaginative strategies to relate to the
issue of invasives and connect with our
natural habitat as a whole. It presents a
collection of rhizomatic ideas, invasive
insights, and artistic interpretations
adapting to a world in transformation.
By renegotiating the position of the
knotweed we might find a new way of
living together.
NOT IN MY BACKYARD!
An (incomplete) visual, physical & societal dissection of the (invasive alien) plant species Japanese knotweed