Batland

A living gallery of handmade bats, maps, and riddles where dozens of sculpted bats hang from trees along winding trails in the wooded area near the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Each bat corresponds to a unique symbol on a hand-drawn map, inviting visitors to explore, reflect, and reconsider what the forest means to the community. The exhibition serves as an interactive protest against plans to build a multi-phase stadium-anchored district on the university's South Campus that threatens a unique urban forest.