Chlorophytum

ARIEL COOKE | RACHEL LAW | GARY LUK

With the help of

MATTHEW BRETON-HONEYMAN | JOHNATHAN CHAN | LAUREN CHAN | JESSICA CHEN | ELIZABETH CHONG | JEFF JANG | NAVEED KHAN | LAURA HERERA | SOOKYUM LEE | FONTANE MA | AMANDA MOTA | JAMIE TONG | LYNDA YE | HYEBIN YOON | JOHN ZHANG

Hybridizing plant life within a digitally fabricated matrix, the Chlorophytum project explores synthetic methods to augment and showcase physiological processes within plants, including capillary action, phototropism, thigmotropism, and diurnal behaviours. This room installation suspends an acrylic matrix containing a series of nutrient reservoirs which sustain a latticework of modest planting. Within this environment, the plant’s responses to the various stimuli in the room are highlighted via black light. It is an observation and an experiment in one.

This room installation suspends an acrylic matrix containing a series of nutrient reservoirs which sustain a latticework of modest planting. Within this environment, the plant’s responses to the various stimuli in the room are highlighted via black light. It is an observation and an experiment in one.The tessellation of plant and fabricated components atop visitors proves to be an engaging piece that draws attention to the self-organizing systems at play in plant growth, but also investigates the dichotomy of natural and artificial.

The tessellation of plant and fabricated components atop visitors proves to be an engaging piece that draws attention to the self-organizing systems at play in plant growth, but also investigates the dichotomy of natural and artificial.

Photos provided by Remi Carreiro