Der vor ein paar Tagen verstorbene Adam Purple war Aktivist und seit den 70er Jahren Pionier des Guerilla Gardenings. 1975 begann er damit, in New York seinen Garden of Eden zu gestalten, der 1986 dem sozialen Wohnungsbau geopferte wurde.

Harvey Wang und Amy Brost haben ihm und seiner Arbeit diesen kurzen Film gewidmet.

In 1975, on the crime-ridden Lower East Side, Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home. By 1986, The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15,000 square feet. For Adam – a social activist, philosopher, artist, and revolutionary – the Garden was the medium of his political and artistic expression. It was razed by the city in 1986 after a protracted court battle. This film documents the creation of this artwork and its ultimate destruction.

(Direktlink)