Humanity’s place in the natural order is under scrutiny as never before, held in a precarious balance between visible and invisible forces: from the microscopic threat of a virus to the monumental power of climate change.

Drawing on indigenous traditions from the Amazon rainforest; alternative perspectives on Western scientific rationalism; and new thinking around plant intelligence, philosophy and cultural theory, The Botanical Mind Online investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. It positions the plant as both a universal symbol found in almost every civilisation and religion across the globe, and the most fundamental but misunderstood form of life on our planet.

This new online project has been developed in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the closure of our galleries due to the pandemic. The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree was originally conceived as a trans-generational group exhibition, but has been postponed. In the meantime, we have launched this complimentary online programme of new artist commissions, podcasts, films, texts, images and audio, expanding on and enriching the ideas and issues informing the show over at http://www.botanicalmind.online.

Footage and stills used in this film come from a variety of sources and have been used in good faith and in accordance with (a) existing copyright licenses, (b) copyright free or (c) Creative Commons licensing, or under Fair Use agreements applicable to non-commercial and/or education productions. Visual materials (video and stills) were researched and gathered from the following sources:

1. Prelinger Archives (Copyright free/Public Domain)
2. Internet Archives (Public Domain or Creative Commons licensing)
3. Wikipedia (Creative Commons licensing / Public Domain)
4. Video Hive stock footage (existing subscription of licensed content)
5. Vimeo (Creative Commons licensing / Pubic Domain)

For the list of content sourced directly from the artists or their representatives as follows please visit: https://www.botanicalmind.online/about