All That Is Green

Audrey Abergel-Preston

All That Is Green is a documentary photography project that seeks out the tiny remaining patches of plant life accessible to the public in downtown Toronto during the winter. It began with the experience of caring for a single houseplant and my recognition of how much that small act of attention could shape my sense of hope and time during the darker months. From there, I began to consider what it means to move through a city where it is entirely possible to not see a single plant in a public place for months at a time.

The project focuses on the tiny, remaining patches of plant life that are still accessible to the public, and considers what their scarcity reveals about the spaces we move through every day. I think that this change reflects a broader slide toward the soulless, transactional, cost-cutting, mass-market mediocrity that has reshaped public life over the last decade, often in ways that are easy to overlook.

All That Is Green asks what is lost when living things no longer have a place in public life, and how that loss affects us, whether or not we immediately notice it.

About The Artist

Audrey Abergel-Preston

Audrey Abergel-Preston is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in photography and sculpture. Her work is technologically informed, blending photography with modern manufacturing processes such as 3D printing and parametric modelling. Her photographic practice is informed by her engineering and design experience, resulting in a methodical approach to composition, process, and form.

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