Forecast
A colonial garden sustained by the glow of apocalyptic visions.
This work reveals a continuity between colonial botany and our present-day ecological decline.
‘Forecast’ is a device consisting of a metal structure holding six monitors facing inward, with a small garden placed in the space created by the TV screens whose emitted light keeps the plants alive.
Plant containers called “Wardian cases” were commonly used by 19th-century botanists to transport “exotic” plants from European colonies to the continent.
The living garden inside ‘Forecast’ can be considered a “colonial garden” because it contains several plants that, in previous centuries, were extracted from European colonies.
The six screens facing inward, endlessly play a collection of apocalyptic films, serving a vital role in keeping the garden alive with their eerie light.
Life is mantained by the glow of the end of the world. Hope may be enacted by dark friction.
The device is sealed from the viewer’s eyes, except for a small lens on top that allows people to look inside this ecosystem, which is illuminated by the TV screens facing inward.
Forecast
Device with colonial plants and apocaliptic movies.
