Urban Roots examines how graffiti and urban visual practices function as forms of living memory within rapidly transforming city landscapes.

Like trees, urban walls record time. They hold traces of political shifts, environmental anxieties, community struggles, and acts of resistance. Yet these surfaces are often erased, repainted, or demolished.

Through curated documentation, digital exhibition, and public discussion, this project highlights selected graffiti works that engage with ecological themes, sustainability, and the relationship between nature and the built environment.

The exhibition connects grassroots urban expression in Yogyakarta with the broader environmental discourse of the If Trees Could Talk Biennale, emphasizing how cities in Southeast Asia negotiate memory, growth, and ecological fragility.