Thomas grew up in Northern California where he fell in love with music and photography while going to punk shows and shooting skate photos. He photography in college, which may or may not qualify him to host an art podcast. When he's not working on Art Uncovered, Thomas works as photographer, retoucher, and audio editor and also plays guitar in the band Sleepies. He lives in Queens, New York, for now.
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Spontaneous Urban Plants
This Week: Landscape architect David Seiter talks about his new project: Spontaneous Urban Plants: Weeds in NYC. David is interested in how weeds might be used by landscape designers and urban planners to improve our cities. David is the design director and founding principle of Future Green Studio. 00:00 - BTR Today 00:54 - Spontaneous Urban Plants 02:50 - What is a Weed? 06:13 - Native vs. Invasive 08:28 - Weed Survey 10:47 - Noise Reduction 12:48 - Edible Weeds 15:19 - CO2 17:52 - Why Weeds? 19:36 - Walking in the City 21:17 - Future Cities 24:01 - Patchwork Ecology 28:59 - Finish