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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➡️ 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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Looking through the results of my Spirit Wild Plant quiz over the last seven months, I discovered an unexpected trend. And I think it has to do with helping us through these stressful times we are in.

Cattail and Chickweed have been appearing consistently. Could this be kin's way of helping humans tap back into their wildness, resilience, and freedom? It feels like they really want us to learn the importance of navigating turbulent times with emotional maturity, recognizing and acknowledging emotions rather than suppressing them.

In this episode, we talk about how to express strong emotions in a healthy and constructive manner, and I invite you to explore the energies of Cattail and Chickweed to better understand the flow between emotions, intellect, and instinct.

Topics Covered about stressful times
➡️Wild Plants, and their roles in helping humans
➡️Cattail's connection to emotions
➡️Trusting your instincts, even when emotional|
➡️Chickweed's lessons in trusting intuition
➡️How these Wild Plants enhance your abilities

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rachel Corby, plant-inspired author and rewilding coach, about her plant reawakening with Mugwort. We delved into Rachel's personal journey of developing an intimate bond with the green beings around us—learning to listen and hear their subtle voices. It was a enlightening to hear the profound impact truly listening to plants has had for her and the transformative experience her relationships with kin.

Join us on this journey of growth and discovery, as we embrace the transformative potential of connecting with our leafy companions.

Rachel Corby is an advocate for regenerating and reviving interest in the indigenous plant medicine of her homeland, the UK. Rachel hosts online and in-person events, including indigenous plant ceremonies, workshops encouraging the direct communication with our more-than-human kin and personal rewilding apprenticeships. www.wildgaiansoul.com

Topics Covered about mugwort
➡️ Plant ReAwakening with Brugmansia
➡️ Mugwort, the Boss
➡️ Integrating Training into Self-Awareness
➡️ Transformative Relationships
➡️ Rewilding, Community, Connection

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• Rachel's book Rewilding & The Art Of Plant Whispering
• What's Your Spirit Wild Plant?
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Cacao, in some way it has been a part of all our lives, but how well do we really know this plant? Personally, I admit that I didn't know ki at all. Judy Machado changed all that with her deep love and relationship with this master plant teacher.

About Judy Machado:

Judy's beloved relationship with the Cacao Plant Spirit began when working intimately with a Shipibo-Conibo trained Shaman followed by an Andean Medicine Man. Trained and Spirit sanctioned/initiated teacher, Judy's purpose is to hold sacred space, mesmerizing others into remembering their divinity, through daily rituals, Ceremonies, Cacao Facilitator Deep Dive DIETA Journeys, Ceremony Facilitator Trainings and Wellness Retreats in Peru & the Azores.

Topics Covered about cacao
➡️ Cacao's ingratiation into human lives, beliefs, and consciousness
➡️ Cacao's impact on humanity, as chocolate and in raw form
➡️ Working with plants, including cacao, for spiritual growth and well-being.
➡️ How to begin a relationship with Cacao

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• Judy Machado, Goddess Temple Cacao
• 5-Day Cacao Video Challenge
• 9 Things to know before hosting Cacao Ceremonies
• What's your Spirit Wild Plant?
• Get support to confidently live the LIFE you want

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In this enlightening episode, Dr. Patrick Hanaway shares his transformative journey from conventional Western medicine to the profound wisdom of plant spirit medicine. Discover how he bridges the gap between these worlds, advocating for a symbiotic relationship with local flora that fosters deep healing through relationship.

This episode is a call to awaken to the intricate web of life that binds us all, urging us to embrace a more compassionate and integrated path to wellness.

PATRICK HANAWAY, MD is a board-certified family physician and was initiated in 2009 as a Mara’akame [indigenous healer] by the Wixarika [Huichol] people of the Sierra Madres in Mexico.

Blue Deer Center is a non-profit spiritual retreat, located in the New York Catskills in the United States.

Topics Covered about plant spirit medicine
➡️ Learning from unexpected sources, like tomato and cactus, leading to a redefinition of medicine and healing.
➡️ The importance of recognizing and resonating with the unique characteristics of a plant person, rather than seeking a generic or universal approach.
➡️ The importance of relationships with plants, recognizing their interconnectedness and the need to redefine our understanding of relationships.
➡️ Asking for help from plants and mushrooms to heal from stage four cancer.
➡️ The idea of disease as a catalyst for evolution, suggesting that it can take us towards new forms of evolution

Resources Mentioned

• Plant Spirit Medicine
• Growing Awareness of Nature, an online and self-paced course designed to foster a profound connection between individuals and the natural world.
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• What's Your Spirit Wild Plant? Find out here

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This is such a good episode with my good friend, Fontaine Burnett. We talk about the transcending cultural and linguistic barriers to embody who you are. Beyond that, what is created when you get out of your own way, and let musicality flow through you.

There are so many parallels between how Fontaine creates relationship with music and I how I work with my inner plantness: tapping into Cosmic and Earth consciousnesses. We get into the details of working with energies and entities as a creative process.

Fontaine Burnett was born into a family of musicians and music lovers. It was very clear early in his life what he was put in this world to do…to be a conduit for universal creative energy. His career as a musician has brought him to stages and studios in nearly every corner of the world with many highly renowned and famous collaborators, but it is his nearly supernatural musical intuition that sets him apart from most musicians.

The instrument Fontaine plays is an Array Mbira instrument.

Topics Covered about getting out of the way
➡️ Presence, allowing, and embracing to unlock the transformative power of otherkin wisdom
➡️ Music as a deep connection to to universal consciousness
➡️ Working with plants and entities for spiritual growth and understanding
➡️ Learning when to be still, when to lead, when to collaborate

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• About Fontaine Burnett
• Experience a Plant Music Healing session
• Get a Botanical Tarot Card reading
• Bring your Inner Music into the World

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