塗鴉，在英語中無論單數或複數，
均由義大利文借用得來，並且都是起源於希臘文γραφειν (graphein)，意指「書寫」。
而「書寫」，是帶有意識，也帶有傳達訊息的企圖。
昔日塗鴉多半蘊含反社會、針砭生活中某種程度的忽視，
但這綠塗鴉似乎還挺溫和且正面。
作者 Edina Tokodi 除了表達對環境關注的創作目的外，還期許帶出人與自然的「觸覺關係」。
作品意圖吸引行人進行觸摸與感受的感官行為，進而提醒水泥叢林的都市人對於動物或自然關係的疏離。
然而，已經在全世界各地放置的作品，藝術家也刻意任由它們自然生長，也算是表現生命的另一種張力。
（希望花博也能找到類似的藝術作品參展...）
Using "green guerrilla tactics," eco-minded street artist Edina Tokodi brings nature closer to city dwellers through her living works of art. Unlike most other types of art forms, her site-specific moss installations are meant to be touched, felt.
"City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery," says Tokodi. "As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life. As a cultivator of eco-urban sensitivity, I usually go back to the sites to visit my 'plants' or 'moss,' sometimes to repair them a bit, but nothing more generally as they tend to get enough water from the air, condensation, and rain – especially in certain seasons."
"I also like to let them live by themselves. From the moment I put them on the street they start to have their own life. For me, the reaction of life on the street is also very important. I am curious about how people receive them, if they just leave them alone, or if they want to, take care of them or dismantle them."
Tokodi studied graphic art and design at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and also completed urban design course work in Milan, Italy. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Edina Tokodi's website
"City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery," says Tokodi. "As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life. As a cultivator of eco-urban sensitivity, I usually go back to the sites to visit my 'plants' or 'moss,' sometimes to repair them a bit, but nothing more generally as they tend to get enough water from the air, condensation, and rain – especially in certain seasons."
"I also like to let them live by themselves. From the moment I put them on the street they start to have their own life. For me, the reaction of life on the street is also very important. I am curious about how people receive them, if they just leave them alone, or if they want to, take care of them or dismantle them."
Tokodi studied graphic art and design at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and also completed urban design course work in Milan, Italy. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Edina Tokodi's website
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