Finding Nowhere: On making place is the third episode in The Gardens of Others podcast, a three part series exploring the ways in which people’s relationships with plant life and the land, serve as a microcosm of not only the concerns of contemporary political life, but also of the ways in which we might learn to live together. 

In this episode the South African artist collaborative MADEYOULOOK speaks to gardeners, activists, artists and writers of colour in Britain and South Africa about how communities of colour are disrupting unspoken assumptions of a general disassociation from nature. The speakers discuss the various ways in which people of colour are reimagining spaces to engage with plant life, and formulating ways of being in relationship with the land and with each other.

How to listen: Gardens of Others podcast | MADEYOULOOK | Episode 3 – Finding Nowhere: On making place will be released Monday 21 June, 12 noon on Soundcloud.

Podcast producers: MADEYOULOOK 

Contributors: Josina Calliste, Sui Searle, Ama Josephine Budge, Zakiya McKenzie, Carole Wright, Juliet Sargeant, Charles Nembhard, Navi Kaur, Mphathi Motha, Simangele Siko. 

Editors: Daniel Basckin and Andrei van Wyk. 

Thanks to: St. Anne’s Allotment, Garden Museum UK, Janine Nelson, Mo Cooper, Pandeani Liphosa and Ngilima Photography Archives.

This research residency is part of Here, There & Everywhere, a collaborative programme led by New Art Exchange with Delfina Foundation, Eastside Projects, QUAD/FORMAT, Primary, MAC and The Tetley, and funded by Ambition for Excellence (Arts Council England).