In this episode, I engage in a fascinating conversation with Antonio Irre, the visionary behind the PLart Project. We delve deep into the intricate relationship between humans and plants, exploring concepts such as stigmergy, plant-human communication, and the profound energetic connections that bind us. Antonio shares insights from his innovative work, illustrating how plants and humans can interact in ways that transcend traditional boundaries.

Our discussion highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts and sciences, revealing how these fields can converge to enhance our understanding of plant studies. Antonio and I reflect on how approaching plant studies with a sense of curiosity and openness can lead to groundbreaking discoveries and deeper connections with the natural world. This edition is a rich tapestry of ideas and experiences, offering a unique perspective on the symbiotic dance between humans and the plant kin-home.

Antonio Irre Catalano, Artist, independent researcher and cultural designer specializes in site-specific and audience-specific art practices. He is a performer and an author of performances, visual works, poems, short stories, and theater. As a researcher, his current focus is a project between Art and Science on plants and human-plant communication. With specific independent training in Third Theater and Interactive Media (Master’s degree in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), his educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, a Master’s degree in Bioethics, and a Minor in Art Enterprise Management. His works have been presented at the Venice Biennale (2022), Campo Base Milan (2022), Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm (2021, 2019), MACRO Rome (2019).

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Topics Covered about art projects
➡️ Art and Science: Complementary Roles and Influences
➡️ Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Plant Studies
➡️ Interconnectedness in Nature and Human Thinking

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Another captivating interview with interspecies artist, Evgenia Emets, about how she works creativity with plants and her ongoing project, "Eternal Forest," which aims to foster connections between humans and plant consciousness.

Evgenia shared her personal experiences with plants, emphasizing the importance of shifting perspectives, collaboration, and respect in co-creating with the natural world. Our discussion also touched on the interconnectedness of all consciousness, the potential for healing through reconnection with nature, and the role of the artist's voice in fostering human-plant relationships.

Evgenia Emets (b. 1979) is an international artist and poet working with forest ecology and community creating visual art, films, artist’s books and large-scale ecological artworks. Eternal Forest (launched 2018), an ongoing multidisciplinary project, marks an integration of ecological thinking into her art. Eternal Forest is creating a network of 1,000 forest sanctuaries to be protected for 1,000 years through art and community. Evgenia’s visual works and artists’ books are in museums, libraries and private collections in the UK, Europe, Japan and Russia.

Topics Covered about eternal forest
➡️ Plants know how we perceive the world and can tune information for us
➡️Shifting perception to aligning Human Time to Forest Time
➡️ Writing and creating art from the perspective of plants and forests
➡️ How working with plants fits into a larger picture: regeneration, reforestation, biodiversity preservation...
➡️ Experiencing and living Plant Consciousness

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A fascinating discussion with Giulia about the importance of human/non-human collaboration through performance and somatic art. Giulia collaborates with otherkin, and sees this collaboration as a way to tackle the ecological crisis. To embody this partnership, she moved her artist's studio into the garden.

Giulia Mattera is an artist-researcher working with Live Art. Her practice explores ecology, human-nonhuman collaboration, and somatic practices situated in the garden. She has shown her work internationally in Europe, USA, and Latin America. Mattera is currently a PhD candidate at BCU (UK) researching ecological issues via Live Art corporeal practices situated in the garden, which she forefronts as the artist’s studio.

Topics Covered about somatic art
➡️ Immersive performance art sparks ecological awareness
➡️ Interspecies collaborations through somatic practices
➡️ Methodology for human/non-human collaboration in live art
➡️ Dialogue between plants and humans using non-conventional means

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