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PLANTS IN PARALLEL

         

        curated by CYNTHIA FAN
        images by WING CHENG

        exhibiting artists        
        BILLY BARRACLOUGH, TIM COPSEY, NARELLE DORE, 
        EMI FUJISAWA, KATERINA KNIGHT, PEAR_ED,
        GABRIELLE RHODES, SIMÃO ROMUALDO, 
        COLIN STEWART & JESSE NAVARRE VOS.
PLANTS IN PARALLEL drew inspiration from the contradictions within the etymology of the word 'plant'. As Rosetta S. Elkin explains in the essay ‘Plant Life: The Practice of Working Together’, ‘plant’ emerges from two Latin origins: planta, to sprout, and plantare, to fix in place. These two root words conjure up acts that appear to be at odds - through sprouting, we see a developmental process that occurs with growth and movement, while being fixed in place implies an intentional state of stasis.

This group exhibition delved into the duality held by the identity of plants and extended it to the observation of artistic practices that exist in conversation with the natural world. In working with nature, elements such as leaves; stones; soil; bodies of water and sunlight become a catalyst, a medium and a collaborator. 

ENSO HOUSE, LONDON
(August, 2024)