On 09/25/2010, Artist Mary Mattingly described her visionary projects, such as Waterpod (2009), that proposed an artists vision for an urban agrarian future. Farm City Forum concluded Farm City, a three-week series of events exploring the possibilities for urban agriculture in the current reality of NYC as part of Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival from 9/12 to 9/25/2010. Farm City Forum took the format of an “unconference,” a lively participant-driven series of discussions exploring how to shape the future of urban agriculture. Three Sessions, each with its own distinct approach, brought together artists, farmers, urban planners, architects, food activists, and authors. The Primary Goal of the Forum was to engage participants in a visioning process about transformative possibilities of urban agriculture as a means to generate new thinking and experimental action positively impacting a more sustainable future. The Forum's Secondary Goal was to explore how artistic interventions transform and illuminate urban agricultural endeavors and vice versa.

1. AUTONOMOUS LIVING UNITS MIGRATION MOBILITY WATER AUTONOMY And COMMUNITY

2. WEARABLE HOMES

3. WATERPOD PROJECT – DESIGN EVOLUTION

4. The Waterpod was created as a Floating World in preparation forAn increase in population | a decrease in usable landnew challenges with water | a lack of resources and a greater flux in extreme weather conditions

5. WATERPOD PROJECT – EDIBLE GARDENS

6. WATERPOD PROJECT – LOCAL MATERIALS

7. WATERPOD PROJECT – BUILD OUT

8. A river runs through it…

10. WATERPOD PROJECT – LIFE ONBOARD

11. WATERPOD PROJECT – A SOCIAL SPACE

13. WATERPOD PROJECT – APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY

18. FLOCK HOUSE