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The Wrong Color Action

Urban Soils Initiative: Residency at Swale House
Roger Danilo Carmona Roger Danilo Carmona

Urban Soils Initiative: Residency at Swale House

Governor’s Island

New York City, 2021-2022

Earth Action Painting: A Field Manual

This painter’s field manual was drawn and painted over 10 days at an artists residency at the invitation of the Urban Soils Institute. All colors used were suspended with compostable binders such as algae glue, rice starch, saponified shellac, and fish glue.

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