The Pansy Project Planting Tour and Talk

Saturday 14 March / 2pm – 4pm / Open Eye Gallery / RSVP

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Paul Harfleet will guide a gathered group on a small planting pansy tour, marking sites of homophobia and transphobia. The curated selection of locations will be within walking distance of Open Eye Gallery. After the tour we will return to Open Eye Gallery for a presentation on The Pansy Project given by Paul Harfleet, followed by a Q&A session and a chance to talk.

Paul Harfleet has been planting pansies at sites of homophobic and transphobic abuse since 2015. Through this quiet yet powerful act, the ongoing project gently confronts hate crime and brings visibility to LGBTQ+ experiences that often go unreported. Pansy Project is currently exhibited as part of LOOK Climate Lab 2026.

For this event, Paul Harfleet collected locations to mark with pansies that come directly from the local LGBTQ+ community. People have submitted locations that they would like to be marked with one unmarked pansy planted where an LGBTQ+ hate crime has occurred. The artist will find the nearest source of soil to plant the pansy. The subsequent photograph will be entitled after the quote or after what happened; this title should be as brief as possible. Locations can be supplied anonymously or on someone’s behalf. The artist will select from the locations supplied based on the nature of the abuse, location, and logistics of his visit. The artist may return at a later date to plant pansies that were not managed during this event.

This event is in partnership with Homotopia.

This event is part of LOOK Climate Lab 2026, a biennial programme by Open Eye Gallery.