No Decay Please

I always felt like my studio space needed some plants. Thanks to guerrilla biophilia, these two art pieces ended up on my desk! Studio was less depressing with them at the beginning. My desk had plants and I  didn't even need to water them! But things started changing. Some leaves started decaying and getting dark, while others still looked alive. It was depressing to see them fade away and being incapable of stopping the process. The artificially protected leaves looked more alive than naturally decaying ones. It made me realize that I would prefer artificiality rather than facing decay.

Snapshot(s)

Snapshot(s) arranges the elements of wood, water, and light together to create a variety of moments for the viewer.  These moments can vary based on the position, angle, and distance of the person viewing the piece. Snapshot(s) looks at several biophilic attributes to help mend the breach; water, patina of time, central focal point, bounded space, diffused light, etc. It houses these within a small-scale design meant to bring a brief moment of the natural world into the built environment of RISD.

These two framed pieces of plants were given to me for a project. 

I believe they are contained in ideal view of human eyes. 

And it is decaying because of lack of empathy towards the plant. 

Highways plow through any environments for the convenience of human beings.

The soil is paved and anchored; There are minimum glimpse of green on the road. 

I try to place one over another to remind about the action of human beings.

And also how things may turn into, with lack of listening.

They are still placed on the highway. 

02/06/2013

Botanical Division

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Botanical Division displays natural woodcuttings that have been inhabited by a variety of moss.  Over time the wood will start to become blanketed by the moss and eventually be taken over. Botanical Division looks at several biophilic attributes to help mend the breach; natural materials, habitats and ecosystems, growth and efflorescence, parts to whole, security and protection, etc. It houses these within a small-scale design meant to bring a brief moment of the natural world into the built environment of RISD.

Framed Biophilia

I went back to the site to move the biophilic installation and it was missing! I hope someone took it to modify their own environment and did not throw it away.