Dimitri Launder

{{short description|UK-based artist and garden designer}}

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Dimitri Launder is a UK-based artist and garden designer. After graduating from Camberwell College of Arts he developed a unique participatory photographic practice that involved the design, creation and construction of pinhole cameras.[http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2000/11/20/186288.html theargus.co.uk] He has worked in a variety of pedagogic contexts.{{cite web|title=Risby, Karen and Beth Elliott. "The Bethlem Gallery: Reflections, Projections & Pinholes" Press Release |url=http://www.slam.nhs.uk/news/wmhd/detail.asp?recordID=40 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084712/http://www.slam.nhs.uk/news/wmhd/detail.asp?recordID=40 |archivedate=27 September 2007 |df=dmy }} He is an alumnus of Camberwell College of Arts and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Launder is engaged in the dialogue{{Cite web|url=http://www.run-riot.com/articles/blogs/dimitri-launder-role-artist|title=Dimitri Launder on the role of the artist|website=Run Riot|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}} about Artist Led Culture {{cite web |title=Artivists: a day in Peckham 8th May 2004 |url=http://www.stiff97.co.uk/may8/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114180620/http://www.stiff97.co.uk/may8/ |archivedate=14 January 2005 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|title=SCRAPCLUB:Time to vent your spleen|url=http://www.scrapclub.co.uk/textsa10.html}}{{Cite web|url=http://weareopus.org/2015/10/24/transmission-lecture-series-places-of-art/|title=Transmission Lecture Series: Where Art Happens|date=2015-10-24|website=Opus Independents|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-08}} Launder was co-founder of artist led space [https://www.facebook.com/Area10ProjectSpacePeckham/ AREA 10] in Peckham, London.{{cite web |title=EUROSTATE the frieze effect - Space : the final frontier innovative exhibitions or attention seeking gimmicks? |url=http://www.state-of-art.org/state-of-art/ISSUE%20FIVE/bosse5.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222231438/http://www.state-of-art.org/state-of-art/ISSUE%20FIVE/bosse5.html |archivedate=22 December 2007 |df=dmy }}Blyth, Antonia. "Save Dilston Grove: Antonia Blyth investigates why south London artists are urging their council not to abandon one of Southwark's cultural landmarks"

Launder is now known for his socially engaged practice as [http://artistgardeners.tumblr.com Artist Gardener] and his role as co-director of [http://arbonauts.org Arbonauts]. Dimitri Launder’s practice as Artist Gardener{{Cite web|url=http://wormworm.org/Dimitri-Launder-as-Artist-Gardener-Arbonauts-and-Area-10-Project|title=Dimitri Launder as Artist Gardener, Arbonauts and Area 10 Project... - worm|website=wormworm.org|access-date=2019-02-08}} offers a gentle provocation to an apocalyptic view of urban ecological sustainability.{{Cite web|url=https://kenneil.com/reviews-of-exhibitions/forms-of-action-centre-for-contemporary-arts-glasgow-2017/|title=‘Forms of Action’, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, 2017|date=2017-02-07|website=Ken Neil Online|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}} His work often explores the liminal issues between public and private use of space, aspiring towards transformative urban propagation such as his work [http://museumarteutil.net/projects/apothecary-arboretum/ Apothecary Arboretum in the Arte Útil Archive] . “Dimitri Launder is an ‘Artist Gardener’ who knows the political power of plants and isn’t afraid to use it” The Times 2011. He was research artist with Arts Catalyst initiating his [https://www.artscatalyst.org/test-sites-remedy-city Remedy for a City] project.

Amongst others Launder's work has been commissioned by CCA Gallery Glasgow,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/forms-of-action|title=Forms of Action {{!}} Programme CCA|last=Glasgow|first=C. C. A.|website=www.cca-glasgow.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}} South London Gallery, Geoffreys Museum, Tate Britain & Tate Modern, Glasgow Lighthouse and Southwark Council.