April 2004: In the exhibition, "Outsized Habitats"
The Museum of Design and Architecture grounds, London.
Generating Plant
by Sen McGlinn
+ Sonja van Kerkhoff
2004, sculpture, 30 cm high.
In response to the theme of the show, "Outsized Habitats" in the grounds of the Museum of Design and Architecture in London, we decided to make a hommage to nature and in particular to the plant world. Inside each opening are images of plant kingdoms.
However the Generating Plant was more than just a display of the magic of the plant worlds. Texts under the transparent roof informed us of how clever plants had adapted to solve problems of the human world.
April 2004: In the exhibition, "Outsized Habitats"
The Museum of Design and Architecture grounds,
London.
On one side of the roof the text read:
Here energy is the currency and there's always enough to go around, enabling millions of species to live side by side, hand in hand. Such as the species that flowers when prejudice levels rise. These follicles extract prejudice from the air and concentrate it in the tubers. When the tuber breaks down, only pure images remain.
On the other side of the roof the text read:
It is unique among ecosystems because anything is possible where plants co-evolve, and like many power stations that convert poisons to nutrients, it uses recycling so not a drop of water is wasted.
Diversity rules.
It is a complex productive habitat in continuous redevelopment.
April 2004: In the exhibition, "Outsized Habitats"
The Museum of Design and Architecture grounds, London.