A temporary but important change will take place in Bat Yam next month. The city’s residents as well as visitors will be given a map by the organizers of this year’s biennale, which identifies 18 new sites that are also called “outdoor rooms.” Each of the sites will house an installation created by landscape architects and artists, which treats the urban landscape as a space for hospitality. The exhibits will be on display for two weeks, in a project by the Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, which will kick off on April 13. Both local and foreign artists and architects have worked on the installations. The organizers’ aim is to keep at least some of the works, including an urban nature site that will be set up in an open space on Bialik Street, which has been neglected and abandoned.
Source: Haaretz.com Green Cities / Green-thumbed in Bat Yam