Seed Cabinet (2023)

Katerie Gladdys, Anna Prizzia and Melissa DeSa (Gainesville, FL)

Using the metaphor of seeds as an agent of exchange and expression of community, culture, and place, Seed Cabinet is an interactive Wunderkammer filled with seeds and their stories. Opening each drawer triggers the playing of videos and audio narratives depicting the community’s living intertwined relationships with these plants including site-specific political and geological ecologies, human-imposed natural histories, methods of cultivation and preparation. Seed Cabinet invites the public to reflect upon their role in global and local food systems and to cultivate a different relationship with plants, seeds, and agriculture. 

Special Thanks to Rosalyn Holmes, Haylene Green, Dr. Cassandra L. Quave and Dr. Tharanga Samarakoon for additional project consultation and support.