Weeds: A Germinating Theory - Kwan Queenie Li the glittering catacomb of consumerism

the glittering catacomb of consumerism

where rhetoric uses design to keep power at bay

from the collision of video games and music to the rise of glitch art

tipping in cash

Weeds: A Germinating Theory - Kwan Queenie Li the glittering catacomb of consumerismFor over a decade, artist and theorist Kwan Queenie Li has been photographing weeds across the world. From Jerusalem to Shanghai, Varanasi to Athens, Cairo to Mexico City, she has trained her attention on these unintended but ubiquitous inhabitants of the contemporary urban sphere, finding them dwelling in corners and cracks, in spaces suspended between uses, in ruins and on construction sites. This essay in image and text proposes a new view of