Spring Uprising resulted from a research and development residency utilising a vacant retail unit in Sheffield city centre. A sculptural and light installation was complemented by a series of radical urban interventions, subvertising and performative actions developed out of our desire to bring the idea of wild food into an urban arena, one of those being Wild Weed Kitchen which took place in the adjoining empty shop unit.

Shadows and reflections from digitally fabricated forms originating from drawings of common edible weeds are animated within the space, using existing architectural features, to mirror the subtle and random movements of plants in their natural environment.

Designed to be viewed from the street through glass frontage, the work exposes the tensions between urban and rural by highlighting the unfamiliarity of natural forms within the built environment.