In Search of Thoreau's Flowers

An immersive multidisciplinary exhibition that marries art, science, and the humanities through a modern artistic interpretation of Henry David Thoreau's preserved plants. The installation considers the impacts of climate change and habitat loss on plants around Walden Pond over the arc of one-hundred-and-twenty years. This interdisciplinary exhibition features an immersive and interactive installation using pressed plants that were collected by writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. The exhibition brings these botanical specimens back to life, while encouraging reflection about human impacts on the environment.