A Brooklyn-based public artist created “living graffiti” — street art made from living, breathing plants. Edina Tokodi carves moss into figurines such as frolicking deer and rabbits and posts them on street lamps, unused walls and other public spaces around the art-savvy Williamsburg neighborhood.
Tokodi is particularly interested in the interactions passersby have with her work. She said on the Web blog, Inhabit, that her art is meant to be touched, felt and in turn remind the viewers of a more familiar, environmentally-friendly state to contrast their barren urban existence.
“I think that our distance from nature is already a cliché,” Tokodi said. “City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery. As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life.”
Another blogger says Tokodi’s art is the product of the expansion of the green revolution into every possible industry.
Maybe so. But some commenters seem to think that moss-covered bunnies are more appealing (and less offensive) than spray paint.
