Natasha Bradley-CrossPerformative Landscapes

What happens when building becomes performance – and a landscape becomes something we make together?

Performative Landscapes brings artists, makers and the public together on the historic grounds of Rosny Farm for an evolving outdoor project centred around the construction of a dry-stone wall.

Using stone, earth, movement and physical labour, the project considers how the places around us are made – and how they, in turn, shape the way we move, gather and live. Artists work alongside trade professionals, gardeners, geologists and community members, sharing skills and knowledge through making and exchange.

A series of public events will unfold alongside the construction, inviting people to encounter architecture and placemaking as active, physical processes rather than finished objects.

At a time of rapid urban development and demolition, Performative Landscapes asks us to look more closely at what already exists: the materials beneath our feet, the histories held within a site and the value of making places through human hands, movement and connection.

Performative Landscapes involves a collective of artists and producers including Natasha Bradley-Cross, Bliss Sandhu, Keryn & Mark Fountain and Florian Kessler.