Secret Seeds
The Secret Seeds project sets its sights on cultural resilience through the critical lens of grassroots “natural defense systems.” The Borden Boys design-research team and project funders are currently in deliberation with natural defense authorities and will deliver a public notice upon a satisfactory balance of environmental impact, personal accountability, public responsibility, and state authority. That said, despite having a trifecta of rad collab flags, the green-op project is temporarily paused, and consequently will remain classified as a Special Access Program until further notice.
In the bureaucratic meantime, grassroots fundraising efforts will continue to support collective action at the local level for this environmental advocacy project. Folks can support the cause and purchase fundraising silkscreen prints and bandanas here.
Current collaborators: Vincent Arnone, Christian Delano Borden, David Buckley Borden, Ashley Ferguson, and Michael Dimaggio.
Secret Seed No. 41, sugar pine cone, glass veggie canning jar, recycled metal “Big Stinky Fly Trap” funnel, acrylic paint, 3.5 x 3.5 x 9 inches, 2024.
Drop Seeds Bandana, 20 x 20 inches, two-color ink on white, or golden yellow cotton, made-in-the-USA bandana, 2023. Collaborators: Vinnie Arnone and David Buckley Borden.
Secret Seed Flags: Vive Vive, Drop Seeds, and Less Assholes (from left to right), marine grade canvas, 3 x 5 feet, 2023-2024. Collaborators: Vinnie Arnone, David Buckley Borden, Mike Demaggio, and Ashley Ferguson.