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A Great Seaweed Day: Gut Weed (Ulva Intestinalis), Mixed media sculpture, 2019., Ingela Ihrman. © Photo: Angela Moore for Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Exhibition
Rooted Beings
24 Mar 2022 – 29 Aug 2022
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 183 Euston Road
- London
- NW1 2BE
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 10, 18, 24, 27, 29, 30, 59, 68, 73, 88, 91, 134, 168, 205, 253, 390
- Tube: Euston, Euston Square, Warren St, King's Cross
- Train: Euston, St Pancras and King's Cross
‘Rooted Beings’ invites you to embark on a meditative reflection on the world of plants and fungi.
About
The exhibition considers what we might learn from plant behaviour, and the impacts of colonial expeditions on the exploitation of natural resources and indigenous knowledges.
You’ll see botanical archives from Wellcome Collection and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew displayed alongside works by artists Gözde İlkin, Ingela Ihrman and Joseca, with new commissions by Patricia Domínguez, Eduardo Navarro, RESOLVE Collective and Sop.
Plants sustain life on earth. They are sensitive, complex and interconnected beings, playing surprisingly active roles in ecosystems and human societies. ‘Rooted Beings’ asks if we can become more rooted, attentive, flexible and caring – and attain vegetal enlightenment.
