interview with emily rose michaud

July 29th, 2008 by ian Posted in ascent, community

emily rose michaud puts the finishing touches on her dress

Montreal-based and multi-disciplinary artist, Emily Rose Michaud, brought life and nature indoors to ascent magazine’s Sustainability issue launch party with her grass ‘armour’ performance.

However, Emily’s infamous grass creations (made from sprouted grass on burlap) are only one aspect of her work, which is informed by deep ecology and guerrilla gardening.

Robyn Fadden talked with Emily recently about her Roerich Garden, a community-collaborative garden project in a controversial grassy field in Montreal’s Mile End.

Here you can listen to Emily discuss this meeting of art, ecology and activism: emily-rose-ascent-excerpt

See more images from Emily’s launch party performance…