Seeds Reclaiming Roots, Sowing Futures

Curated by Sophie Haslinger

Seeds are the very foundation of our life. They provide us with the nutriments and raw materials we need, they embody biological diversity, they preserve and pass on regional knowledge and cultural heritage, and they stand for hope, change and renewal. The group exhibition explores the multilayered meanings of seeds as a mirror of our relationship to the earth and one another.

For the fourteen international artists of the exhibition, the seed is the starting point for their investigations from ecological, cultural, and symbolic perspectives. Originating from di􀆉erent geographical and cultural contexts, the works collected consider migration and colonialism, indigenous knowledge and biodiversity, agriculture and food sovereignty, but also resistance, selfempowerment, cooperative praxis based on solidarity, and regenerative futures.

The exhibition Seeds. Reclaiming Roots, Sowing Futures forges links between art, ecology and activism. The sculptures, installations, photographs and video works tell of disappearance and preservation, of loss and regeneration, of the poetic as well as political potential intrinsic to mutual concern and shared growing. Just as a seed contains within itself heritage and potential, histories and futures, a series of multifaceted narratives unfurl in the exhibition, tangibly revealing the interdependencies and complexity of the global climate crisis and inviting us to reflect on possible futures.

Artists:
Ackroyd & Harvey, Maria Thereza Alves, Alexandra Baumgartner, Tue Greenfort, Kapwani Kiwanga, Dominique Koch, Jumana Manna, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Marzia Migliora, Lucía Pizzani, Michaela Putz, Cecilia Vicuña, Munem Wasif

In collaboration with ARCHE NOAH and the University of Vienna Botanical Garden.
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication to be published by Spector Books, Leipzig.