post-nature capsule

The actual plants we grew in the installation may look like a spark of hope within the detritus and pixel jungle but none of these plants are edible or medicinal, they’re poisonous. The hologram projections are the digital ghosts of existing plants that are medicinal: they are 3d scans of actual plants from my garden in France. There are three levels of reality within this piece, actual vegetation, our cardboard interpretation of it and digital data, merging into a relaxing but political landscape.

The Personification of Methe

In ancient Greece, the state of inebriation was a favored disposition, as it amplifies happiness or dulls sadness. The Greek goddess Methe is the living embodiment of drunkenness. She is the daughter of Dionysus (the god of wine), the wife of Staphylos (the grape carrier), and mother of Botrys (the divine embodiment of grapes).