Lenses

Lenses is a spin-off of GeoMerce, designed to provide a visual representation of the metal accumulation process in specific plant species. In the project, the leaves of multiple accumulator plants are cleared through a chemical laboratory process to reveal their vascular systems. The leaves are then cast into clear resin, together with fragments and powders of the metals they are capable of extracting. The project is part of an ongoing effort to provide visual representation to the phenomenon of plants’ metal uptake, as the artifacts allow a give and take of information between scientific notions and their different public understandings.