Free Flowers (2021)

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Can you enable strangers to create a lasting connection through resourced trade agreements?


Installation
Flowers
Hyde Park
4/20


Process
Secure 10,000 Flowers
Bundle in small Bouqeuts
Give away with instructions
- Flowers must be given to someone you don’t know




Context
3/8: Schools in England reopen for primary and secondary school students. Recreation in an outdoor public spaces will be allowed between two people. ‘Stay at home’ order remains in place. 

3/29: Outdoor gatherings of either six people or two households will be allowed, including in private gardens. Outdoor sports facilities also reopen. ‘Stay at home’ order ends but people encouraged to stay local.

4/12: Non-essential retail, hairdressers, public buildings (e.g. libraries and museums) reopen. Outdoor venues, including pubs and restaurants, zoos and theme parks also open, as well as indoor leisure (e.g. gyms). Self-contained holiday accommodation opens. Wider social contact rules continue to apply in all settings – no indoor mixing between allowed. 

4/20: Students plan to celebrate lock down ending with 4/20 in Hyde Park