Spirit In The Grid is a site specific installation and performance piece which attempts to explore notions of degradation, technological obsolescence and the reclamation of abandoned spaces by nature. The piece is framed around the coming-of-age story of a teenage boy and his relationship with two role models in his life: an ingenious electronic repairman and a practicing naturalist, and will consists of filmed material highlighting the narrative portions of the story with a multiscreen visual installation in an abandoned greenhouse in a botanical garden, and performance involving circuit-bent obsolete audiovisual technology including modded CRT televisions and cassette players.