Why Guerilla
Working just outside of the accepted social and legal boundaries is has both its benefits and risks, but ultimately is coincidental to the philosophy of requiredfield. Every forgotten place presents its own story and opportunities of use. We strive to achieve a sense of deliberateness within every work by making sure that each piece is inserted into its context with a carefully planned relationship to its site. It is also significant that our work does not occur on public spaces like parks, bus stops or plazas. Our intention is not to undermine established public spaces, but to establish a position for the forgotten places like vacant lots and freeway underpasses that is a part of the public realm. This response is due, in part, to our location in Vancouver, where public spaces are fairly well supported. If we were located in Houston Texas, for example, our proposals would certainly be different. Which is a reason why we imagine these projects possible all over the world. Each locale and site directs the action; the geometry, orientation, history, topography, adjacency, and visibility all effect the response. We have found however, that the spaces behind the chain link fences offer the most direct challenge for the viewer. Requiredfield acts along the edges of acceptance with projects that must be deliberate enough to be both noticeable and challenging. Another important factor in our project is scale. They must be conspicuous when surrounded by a chaotic environment. Buildings inherently address issues of public/private space, orientation, collective identity, materials, local and regional regulatory bodies, and economics. Our projects operate at the same way, even though they may only involve landscape components. Landscape elements allow these projects to exist "between the cracks" of privacy/trespassing laws because of their nature. Who is going to outlaw the planting of flowers? The fact that no graffiti removal service is required, nothing is taken from a site, that nothing needs to fixed afterwards makes our projects ultimately legal . . . comments:
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