Meet the team behind the Ecological Futures: Speculative Biomes of the Past, Present and Future installation for Northern Spark at TPT!
Name: Alison Hiltner
Biome: Aquatic
Plants Featured: Myriophyllum aquaticum (parrot’s-feather) + Pistia stratiotes, (water cabbage/ water lettuce)
Q: What artistic medium do you practice?
A: Sculpture.
Q: What was your favorite plant growing up?
A: A tie between the apple tree in my back yard and a Dieffenbachia plant in my house,
I named it Diffy.
Q: What interests you about the plants you selected for your Northern Spark installation?
A: The root structures and their destructive behavior.
To learn more about the Ecological Futures installation at TPT, visit tpt.org/events!
#ecofutures #savethebiomes #northernspark
Ecological Futures: Speculative Biomes of the Past, Present and Future is presented MN Original and TPT as part of Northern Spark 2017, produced by Northern Lights.mn.
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