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Diana Scherer
Gallery Droog Amsterdam Exhibition Hyper Rhizome Installation view 2020 © Diana Scherer
ideal prototype that that contains all the the the the the the plants of the the the the the the past and the the the the the the future Among the the the the the the many interesting contributions that that Goethe made to to morphology the the the the the the the most most valuable and most most elaborated is is is is is the the the the the Metamorphosis of of of of of Plants published in in in 1790 In this book of of of of of his his many years of of of of of of botanical studies he he he he he he he derived the the the the the entire wealth of of of of of of forms of of of of of of the the the the the plant plant plant world from a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a single single primordial plant plant plant and and created all the the the the the various organs of of of of of the the the the the plant plant plant by manifold transformation and and formation formation of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a single single basic organ organ the the the leaf In which way exactly this new project is is developing I I don’t know yet A few years ago I I already made a a a a a a a a a a a a a a work work based on on on his his his scientific work work his his his theory in in in in in in light light and colour colour The installation Spectrum Crops - Findings in in in in in in Color was a a a a a a a a a a a a a a botanical test on on on on the the the decomposition of the the the lightspectrum in in in in in in in different colours For this project I builded six greenhouses in in in in in which the the the the same plants were grown Each greenhouse greenhouse con- sists of of of a a a a a a a a a a different different coloured stained window in in in in in in order to to stimulate the the the the developmentof a a a a a a a plant in in in in in different different ways under the the the influence of of of one isolated colour colour from the the the light spectrum Diana Scherer
is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a visual artist living and and and and working in in in in in fin in in in in in Amsterdam Amsterdam She She was born in in in in in fin in in in in in Lauingen Germany and and and and studied fine art art at at at Rietveld Academy in in in in in fin in in in in in Amsterdam Amsterdam Her practice encompasses photography material research plant root-weaving and and and and and sculpture She She has exhibited in in in in in fin in in in in in in in several international solo and and and and and group shows: Kunstverein Kassel - - Artifical Ecologies Earth Matters Textile Museum Museum Museum Museum Tilburg Art Art Art & Science Exhibition Tasis National Museum Museum Museum Museum Beijing Springtide Photography Museum Museum Museum Museum Rotterdam and and and and AQueenWithin–AdornedArchetypes NewOrleansMuseumofArt ShepublishedtwobooksatVanZoetendaalPublishers NurtureStudies2014andMädchen 2016 Dawn Sanders has has studied both fine art art and and ecology Her doctoral research research (Geography Department Sussex University University 2004) examined botanic gardens as as as as as environments for for learning She has has worked at at at Gothenburg University University Sweden since arriving as as as as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a visiting researcher fin in in in in in in in in in in in in 2011 As an an an an an an an an an an associate professor her her work work focuses on on on interdisciplin- ary approaches to Life as as as as Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant and and the the the the the materiality of of of of of gardens Research grants include the the the the the project: Beyond Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Blindness: Seeing the the the the the importance of of of of of plants for for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a sustainable world (Dnr 2014-2013) In 2019 Dawn edited a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a special issue of of of of Plants Plants People Planet - - - - Standing in in in in in in in the the the the Shadows of of of of Plants: New Perspectives on on Plant-Blindness (open-access)