“How Do Plants Practice Politics?” - Gropius Bau

As In House: Artist in Residence 2020, the artist and theoretician Zheng Bo explored how a sustainable relationship between nature and culture could be envisioned. Through conversations with experts from cross-disciplinary fields, a daily drawing practice, participatory exercises and a film project, Zheng Bo expanded the research upon these themes, now collated in his exhibition Wanwu Council 萬物社 at the Gropius Bau. In the following conversation, the artist explains why plants should never be considered alone and what we can learn from their interdependent life forms.