This spreadsheet compiles a database of thousands of common botanical names that express prejudices through racist names and names honoring emperors, empresses, kings, and queens who promoted and profited from the enslavement and genocide of Indigenous and African peoples. It also includes antisemitic, anti-Romani, anti-Indigenous names, and a significant number of sexist names. The database is […]
Sep. 24 – Feb. 25.2024 THE TAXONOMY OF POWER GISELLE BEIGUELMAN is recognized for inventively investigating the intersection of art, technology, and society through reflections on contemporary issues that permeate her works. Delving into the realms of images and botany, the artist seeks the re-signification and redefinition of the essence of these visual elements and […]
Apr. 7 – Oct. 08 2023. Museo Sartorio (Trieste) Botannica Tirannica Botannica Tirannica, è una mostra che spazia tra diversi media per indagare il rapporto tra la scienza egemonica, la botanica classica e l’immaginario colonialista storicamente presente nelle forme di dominio della natura. Utilizzando l’intelligenza artificiale per incrociare e abbinare varie specie con nomi dispregiativi, […]
Botannica Tirannica is punctuated by a series of phrases that serve as traces left by the extensive research carried out for the exhibition. Situated in openings in the walls, at floor height, in the interior and the exterior of the garden area, and at the exit of the exhibition, they abridge potential keys to understanding […]
