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ROOTED AND BRANCHED
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Diana Scherer
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Diana Scherer
In the first room you will encounter works by Diana Scherer. Her art centers around plant roots, but she does not use them merely as material. Instead, she gives them an active role as cocreators of her works.
The pieces you see here represent the result of a lengthy creative process. Diana Scherer develops digital patterns inspired by natural and artificial structures, such as honeycombs or the impression of a car tire. Based on these patterns, she produces templates, fills them with soil, and plants them with seeds. She also carefully regulates light and moisture to guide the roots’ growth. When the roots are strong enough, she lifts the interwoven plants out of the ground. Removing the soil, and usually also the green upper part of the plants, she reveals the dense root network.
Scherer combines horticultural practice, botanical knowledge, and scientific research. Her works remind us of traffic networks or circuit diagrams – but also of textile structures such as tapestries. Technical and vegetal elements are always closely intertwined.
By collaborating with plants, Diana Scherer creates an aesthetic of interconnectedness. Her works pose the question of how human beings and nature are interwoven – and show that this relationship goes far deeper than it may seem at first glance.
The pieces you see here represent the result of a lengthy creative process. Diana Scherer develops digital patterns inspired by natural and artificial structures, such as honeycombs or the impression of a car tire. Based on these patterns, she produces templates, fills them with soil, and plants them with seeds. She also carefully regulates light and moisture to guide the roots’ growth. When the roots are strong enough, she lifts the interwoven plants out of the ground. Removing the soil, and usually also the green upper part of the plants, she reveals the dense root network.
Scherer combines horticultural practice, botanical knowledge, and scientific research. Her works remind us of traffic networks or circuit diagrams – but also of textile structures such as tapestries. Technical and vegetal elements are always closely intertwined.
By collaborating with plants, Diana Scherer creates an aesthetic of interconnectedness. Her works pose the question of how human beings and nature are interwoven – and show that this relationship goes far deeper than it may seem at first glance.