Rivera identified an empty lot in Berlin's Wedding district that had been vacant for over a decade, caught in bureaucratic limbo between competing development plans. Working with local residents, they transformed the space into a temporary communal garden and gathering place, using the process of cultivation as both a practical activity and an artistic medium.
Over six months, the project hosted workshops on urban gardening, community meals prepared with produce from the garden, and a series of public conversations about land use, gentrification, and the right to the city. Rivera documented the entire process through photography, video, and a series of hand-drawn maps that tracked the garden's evolution.
The artistic dimension of the project lay not in any single object or image but in the social relationships and shared experiences it generated. The garden became a genuine community resource, and the relationships formed through the project continued long after the exhibition ended.
The project was recognized for its radical reimagining of what an art project can be, demonstrating that the creation of shared space and the cultivation of community are themselves forms of artistic practice.
