Allison Kudla's TENACITY opens on Project Diana 10/08/16

Allison Kudla will be using Project Diana at The Alice as a test space to discover phototropic patterns in vertically planted seeds. The placement of the growing seeds will be in direct dialog with the architecture of the space. Throughout the day, large rectangular shapes of reflected light are cast onto the Project Diana wall by the above skylight, and the seeds will be carefully positioned on the wall just outside of these beams of light, potentially causing the sprouts to reach towards the reflected light. An experiment in phototropism vs. gravitropism, she wonders what impact this will have on the direction of the plants as they sprout, and hopes to create a mesmerizing pattern of tenacity as the seeds that survive extend and grow in their reach for light.

(images courtesy of the artist)