This book traces how urban artists in the US from the 1970s until today contend with environmental domestication and spatial injustice through performance. It will appeal to a wide range of students and academics in performance, film and media studies, urban geography, and environmental studies.

Courtney B. Ryan is a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry, University at Albany, SUNY, USA.

Introduction: Toward a Spatialized Eco-Performance 1. In a Plant Time and Place: Plant Art in the City 2. "I Speak to Him of Seeds": Centering Black Experiences of Green Space 3. "Plant Some Shit": Guerrilla Gardening as Tactical Performance 4. "Touch the Water": Performing the Los Angeles River 5. Performing Ecological Irresolution in the 2010 BP Oil Spill