Play has long been recognised for its capacity to open new possibilities for reimagining what has become static, settled or entrenched, whether conceptually, socially, or culturally. Historically, urban play carries a subversive potential, which can be traced back to the Situationist movement, even though …

How does defamiliarization relate to that which it assumes to be familiar? This chapter explores this question in the context of toxicity, an often invisible and imperceptible power, with the aid of two case studies from landscape art. Wout Berger’ s work Giflandschap (Poisoned Landscape, 1992) is exemplary …