Plants are communicating with each other, they are exchanging information, they are capable to learn and they even follow mobility strategies. Scientists like e.g. the behavioural biologist Monica Gagliano or the plant neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso are convinced that plants do possess subtle skills in actively influencing their environment. Plants live in a cosmos of interconnection, relations, dependences and mutual support.
In exchange with biosciences, and based on their own perception, various artists provide new insights into plants and their environment. They are examining aspects of physicality, aesthetics, interaction, and communication, but they are also analysing the human perspective.
What is the environment plants desire? What does a good community need? How is the interaction between humans and plants organised? How are we connected, consciously and subconsciously? We would like to invite you to dive into a world full of symbioses, including failed attempts of establishing contact, but also successful dialogues.
Curated by: Robert Pupeter
Until the garden festival in 2030 the Stadthaus Ulm will regularly illuminate the relationship of humans with nature and plants.
Exhibition Opening: Fri 16 May 2025, 7pm
Admission is free!