Dornith Doherty Zooms in to picture the future of biodiversity
Distinguished Research Professor Dornith Doherty, Studio Art: Photography, shows her concern with our stewardship of the natural environment in photographs. Her series "Archiving Eden," features photographs of seeds and seed banks to document the complex issues surrounding the role of science and human agency in preserving biodiversity in wild and agricultural species.
On March 30, 2022, 4–5 p.m. CDT, in an online presentation, Doherty will join Scott Wing, co-curator of the "Unsettled Nature" exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, to talk about why seeds can be poetic, how seed banks represent both optimism and pessimism, and what role art can play in educating people about climate change.
This program is part of a series of conversations with artists featured in Unsettled Nature: Artists Reflect on the Age of Humans.
Image Credit: "Banksias," archival pigment, 36.5 x 36.5 inches | Courtesy of Dornith Doherty
