{"id":4555,"date":"2019-04-19T00:19:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T00:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2019-04-19T00:19:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T00:19:44","slug":"domesticated-root-systems-by-diana-scherer-form-twisting-and-repetitive-patterns-in-patches-of-earth-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/domesticated-root-systems-by-diana-scherer-form-twisting-and-repetitive-patterns-in-patches-of-earth-colossal\/","title":{"rendered":"Domesticated Root Systems by Diana Scherer Form Twisting and Repetitive Patterns in Patches of Earth | Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DianaScherer_02.jpg?w=625&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DianaScherer_11.jpg?w=625&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I really love these &lt;3<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Amsterdam-based artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dianascherer.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diana Scherer<\/a>\u00a0investigates the desire for humans to control nature through her series\u00a0<i>Exercises in Root System Domestication<\/i>. The project combines design, craft, and science to manipulate plants\u2019 subterranean systems into forming mesmerizing interlocking patterns that are unlike what is found organically. To \u201ctrain\u201d the roots to grow in such complex patterns, Scherer develops underground geometric templates that the roots grow along and merge with as they grow.<\/p>\n<p>This intelligent behavior of plants below ground, away from humanity\u2019s watchful eye, is another inspiration for Scherer\u2019s work. \u201cDarwin discovered that plants are a lot more intelligent than everybody thought,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dianascherer.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she explains on her website<\/a>. \u201cFor contemporary botanists, this buried matter is still a wondrous land. There is a global investigation to discover this hidden world. I also want to explore it and apply the \u2018intelligence\u2019 of plants in my work.\u201d You can view more of her root explorations on her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dianascherer.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/schererlab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2019\/03\/domesticated-root-systems-by-diana-scherer\/\">Domesticated Root Systems by Diana Scherer Form Twisting and Repetitive Patterns in Patches of Earth | Colossal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really love these &lt;3 Amsterdam-based artist\u00a0Diana Scherer\u00a0investigates the desire for humans to control nature through her series\u00a0Exercises in Root System Domestication. The project combines design, craft, and science to manipulate plants\u2019 subterranean systems into forming mesmerizing interlocking patterns that are unlike what is found organically. 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