contact details
email: r.goto-collins@rgu.ac.uk
tel: 00 44 (0)1224 263647

web site:
www.ontheedgeresearch.org
www.workinginpublicseminars.org
http://3r2n.cfa.cmu.edu
http://slaggarden.cfa.cmu.edu

REIKO GOTO
Doctoral Researcher, On the Edge Research

Biographical Statement
Reiko Goto is a PhD candidate with the One the Edge Research. Her research focuses upon art, ecology and its impacts upon public places and policies. Reiko has been recognized for her achievements in applied research in art and ecology. From 1994-2005 she co-directed the 'Nine Mile Run' and the '3 Rivers 2nd Nature' projects in the USA, and is a 'distinguished research fellow' at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Reiko's work has been show at Capp Street Project in San Francisco, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Creative Time, New York and the Ludwig Museum, Aachen Germany.



Biogenic Interface for Cities part 1: Nature in Aberdeen
Photo by Geoff Banks

Personal Statement
When we think about public realm we think about ourselves. We are forgetting that every public place consists of silent beings such as plants, insects, wildlife, soil, and air. When we think about aesthetics in the public realm, we must think about them and their intrinsic value. Ecology and environmental art (EEA) has evolved for the last thirty years. It has been influenced by art, science, and philosophy as well as environmental activism. My doctoral research focuses on woodland and green spaces in urban places - 'Working in Public: Art, Practice and Environment. Biogenic Interface for Cities'. My research question addresses the artist's role in creative change. I seek to understand life as interdependent and interrelated with nature in all of our environments.

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