This site is design to collect together the various research interests and creative endeavours of Mikey Tomkins. The basic theme of the site is the relationship between the places where we live, food production and its local consumption.
Mikey is currently Studying for a PhD at Brighton University. The Title of his research project is “Urban Agriculture: Central Croydon as an example of growing food closer to the urban consumer” or “Urban Agriculture: The obligation of everyday food, its interrelationship with society and separation from the city”.
Either way, key to the research is the examination of food as a primary function of the everyday lives of households, relative to diet, culture, gender and demographics, and how this relates to the broader institutional urban plan across which these narratives take place. It aims to investigate how local food production and harvesting might relate to current food consuming patterns.
CURRENTLY SHOWING:
YOU ARE HUNGRY: AN EDIBLE MAP OF SURRY STREET CENTRAL CROYDON
BUILDING CENTRE LONDON 9th APRIL - 30th MAY
USE THE EDIBLE MAP TO VISUALISE HOW MUCH FOOD YOU COULD GROW IN CENTRAL CROYDON
The Edible Map of Croydon. This map is part of PhD research work. A full size version of the map is currently being shown at London Yields, the Building Centre, London 9th April - 30th May
Also, the Continuous Picnic documentary. Currently showing at London Yields, the Building Centre, London 9th April - 30th May. This film documents the Continuous Picnic, organised by Viljoen & Bohn, for the London Festival of Architecture, 2009.