"Public
Fruit" is the concept behind the Fallen Fruit, an activist
art project which started as a mapping of all the public fruit in
our neighborhood. We ask all of you to contribute your maps so they
expand to cover the United States and then the world. We encourage
everyone to harvest, plant and sample public fruit, which is what
we call all fruit on or overhanging public spaces such as sidewalks,
streets or parking lots.
We believe fruit is a resource that should be commonly shared, like
shells from the beach or mushrooms from the forest. Fallen Fruit
has moved from mapping to planning fruit parks in under-utilized
areas. Our goal is to get people thinking about the life and vitality
of our neighborhoods and to consider how we can change the dynamic
of our cities and common values.
-Fallen
Fruit is David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young