GROWTH ROOM, 2022

LED grow lights, mylar fabric, 300 L of soil,
room temperature of heat (ap. 36ºC) and
natural humidity;
variable dimensions.

group exhibition ‘家屋，邻人与借来的叙事 / The Flow of Represented Stories’
Granary Art Museum, Shenzhen (CN)
28.04 — 30.07.2023

group exhibition ‘Entre tanto’
Convívio Associação, Guimarães  (PT)
28.05 — 31.07.2022

GROWTH ROOM is an experience-installation generated by a control of technologies — grow lights, heat, humidity, and insulation from the outside environment — where it is possible for humans to experience an idealised climate, favourable for accelerating plant growth.

Even though the room is a totally artificial place, what it produces is natural: photosynthesis, plant growth, flowering, fruit and vegetable production. The place of a greenhouse is born out of the need for mass production, a fictional place that capitalizes on time and plant growth. Although the room is built according to specific conditions for the growth of vegetal bodies, here the medium becomes the human body, where experience is manifested instead.
Can our bodies grow in this environment too?

Growth Room, 2022
View in the group show ‘Entre Tanto’,
at Convívio Associação, Guimarães (PT).