Garden of Ghost Flowers – The Embodiment Archive
Lundahl & Seitl & Untold Garden / Sweden & United Kingdom / Virtual Reality (VR) / 2024 / World Premiere / 15 min
An ongoing exploration of resonance as a model for intra-action between tech, humans, and the more-than-human. Visitors are invited to witness the creation of virtual ghost flowers which depend on human voices for growth.
The Garden is a genetic algorithm modelled after the sociological concept of resonance and the Monotropa Uniflora, a tricksterlike ghost flower within ecosystems abandoning photosynthesis to feed on the energy of underground fungal networks.
On view at CPH:DOX, is a perennial repository of ghost flowers created by visitors who used their voices to form hyphae to nourish it. Together, they formed a collective of humans who breathed life into its cycle of birth and death. In their absence, the digital hum of voices manifests an indexical connection to gardens of the past.