Cryptoflora Viewing Boxes

#1 How to Pollinate a Hybrid

#2 Petri Germination Methods for an Extinct Species. Somniferic spuomel var. officinalis. Common Name: Sleepy Spitting Honey Flower

#3 Artificial Hybridization Survival Techniques. Nigellapiper chitin. Common Name: Exoskeletal Fat Pepper Plant

#4 Assisting an Asexually Reproducing Plant. Nymphaea hermamusa. Common Name: Spotted Epicenic Water Lily

2018. viewing box, video, sound, LCD security screens, performance, essential oils extracted from native and invasive plant species identified in NE wilderness and recreation areas . dimensions variable

Four viewing stations offer glimpses into the botanical propagation work station of Madam VEGA. Videos are housed within individual structures, just barely accessible to offer the feeling of peering in to view acts conducted in secrecy. Sounds and smells invite you in, while each structure forces one to contort the body into a slightly uncomfortable position in order to see what is inside. Each Cryptoflora species is different, some aromas provide an alluring musk, while some are nauseatingly sweet. Videos are viewed with intimate proximity, playing with what is seen/unseen, objectification, viewer as voyeur, and reclamation of control.