Annual Wall Rocket 2002

Curator: Michael Landy's "Annual Wall Rocket", held in the Tate Collections, presents a delicate plant form in monochrome. My first thought is how fragile the thing appears. Editor: It's a weed, rendered with such painstaking detail. There’s a tension there; this discarded thing is presented with such precision. What does this plant symbolize, do you think? Curator: Well, rockets often stand for boldness and aspiration, but this annual variety, growing in a wall, perhaps speaks to resilience in unlikely places. It becomes a testament to life persisting in the face of urban decay. Editor: Right, because Landy often focuses on the overlooked. I wonder about the printing process. It seems deliberate, careful, much like the act of noticing the plant itself. Curator: Indeed. It asks us to reconsider value, to find beauty in the mundane. The starkness also underscores the plant's inherent vulnerability. Editor: Yes, a lovely reminder that beauty, even in discarded things, deserves our attention. Curator: Precisely, and perhaps even our reverence.