patch/work
July 205 - November 2025
The Plumb, Toronto, ON
In the cool, damp basement of the Plumb, alongside friends and strangers,
I separate root from stalk from leaf.
patch/work consists of fifty sheets of sewn-together paper, made from phragmites (Phragmites australis), a so-called “invasive” plant species, foraged from a grove along the Grand River.This work was produced as a part of a group exhibition titled Tunnel Mound Comeback.
Artists: Elena Kirby and Masumi Rodriguez, Emi Takahashi, Bhavika Sharma
Curator: Emerald 邹佑
Exhibition Documentation: Em Moor, Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, Jamie Latimer
Tunnel Mound Comeback showcases work that stems from “invasive” plant species. Each artist addresses a form of relationship towards the plant material they work with. We place quotation marks on the word “invasive” as a way for us to leave room to think about how this word informs our relationship to these plants, and the ways we use this word outside of a plant context.