Your Memory is Already Fading is an installation of a garden created in a crystal clear resin. The tree and plants are on endangered lists around the globe. The glass-like material references the fragility of these plants while at the same time giving them a ghost-like quality. One in five plant species in the world is approaching extinction yet they are often overlooked in biodiversity debates. The world’s plants are as threatened as mammals and plants are essential to life on earth, their loss would be catastrophic. According to a report published in the journal Science, between 22 and 47 percent of the world’s plants are endangered.
The garden is presented in a large crack on a false floor. Whether it is growing from or falling in, is undetermined. There are 26 plants (14 different types). The installation is accompanied by a sound component that includes a whispered poem on loss.
Photo credit: Amelia Walchli