Earth Day Art Show
The Biological Sciences Greenhouse mimics the warming effects of the Earth’s atmosphere to nurture a cornucopia of plant diversity and botanical research. On April 22nd from 8:00-10:00pm, it will also serve as a cultural hotbed to present an exhibition of phytophilic (plant-loving) art. This venue is uniquely situated atop a central parking garage on Ohio State University’s campus, carbon dioxide from the exhaust of humans and cars below drifting upwards to the plants who transform it into oxygen.
In an age of rapidly changing climate, the greenhouse is not the only hothouse of our own making. The artists of this exhibition are united by the question, what solutions to our warming climate may we learn from paying attention to plants and their symbiotic relationships?
Not sure how to get to the greenhouse? The Lichen Likers will be leading a group from Hopkins Hall to the Greenhouse as part of a participatory pre-show performance titled Fungal Entanglement: A Lichen Journey. Arrive on the steps of Hopkins Hall at 7pm for a meandering walk that will lead you to the show.
Artists:
Marcia Armstrong, Alex Buchan, Andrew Mehall, Ivan Ng, Mural Remix, Ken Rinaldo, Bella Saraceni, and Andrew Wood.
The Lichen Likers: Anna Arbogast, Madison Blue, Xiuer Gu, Elias Marquez, Jiara Sha, Doo-sung Yoo, and Amy Youngs.
Art & Science class students: Skylar Albright, Madalyn Bunjavac, Megan Fabro, Xiuer Gu, Brennan Jones, Bethany Marple, Caroline Mosholder, Takahiro Okubo, Dev Patel, Noor Qadri, Sabrina Sedlacko, Jiara Sha, Avery Stratman, Raika Wakabayashi, Uriah Wright, and Jiachen Zhang. Instructors: Iris Meier, Norman Groves, Lily Schumacher, Doo-sung Yoo, and Amy Youngs.
This exhibition is presented by the Living Art and Ecology Lab, with support from the Humanities Institute, the Biological Sciences Greenhouse, and the Department of Molecular Genetics at The Ohio State University
