Green Deal, 2021
material: grass seed
dimensions: 700 x 60 x 60 cm
exhibition; September Grass
location: Akerendam, Beverwijk, the Netherlands
“Fertile soil, tender grass, seed and wind. He tested his plan to create a V-shape in a lawn on Akerendam several times by sowing test plots.
As an experienced gardener, he guided the process. The fresh grass grows in the V-shape or groove and is framed by the bare cut earth.
This grass springs from the rhythm of the mowing of the lawn around it. Its V-shape can be compared to a valley in which the lowest part is
usually the most fertile, but also the most vulnerable. Everything comes together at that deepest point. His waving ribbon of grass will simply
continue to grow during the exhibition. During that period, Egied will guard and protect it from the elements, from floods, mice and snails and
he refers in a light-hearted way to the climate crisis.” (Truus Zonneveld)