Bodies of Flora: In Conversation
Botanical 3D Model
Bodies of Flora: In Conversation convenes an interdisciplinary evening of talks, performances, and conversation exploring extinction, memory, and ecological care. Expanding from Bodies of Flora, Art & Design faculty member Sue Huang's 2025–2026 Rutgers–New Brunswick Laureate project, the program invites multiple perspectives on botanical archives, language, form, and technology to consider how ecological loss manifests across cultural memory and collective consciousness.
The evening features Reviving Plants in Art & Science, a talk by Chrysler Herbarium director and botanist Dr. Lena Struwe (Rutgers University–New Brunswick); God is in Hudson County, a storytelling lecture by landscape architectural designer Larissa Belcic (University of Pennsylvania); and Bodies of Flora, a performance by Sue Huang, with live sound design by Exquisite Corp. The program will be moderated by biodesigner Dan Grushkin (Biodesign Challenge)
4:30–5:40 pm / Talks & Performances (Dr. Lena Struwe, Larissa Belcic, and Sue Huang)
5:40–6 pm / Discussion & Audience Q&A (moderated by Dan Grushkin)
6–6:30 pm / Light Reception
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