Florilegium: A Garden of Verses and Visuals

An interactive physical and digital poetic garden. Flower mobiles that link to a digital compendium of wisdom and projected digital flowers that come alive with physical touch

Year

2025

Location

Fidget Camp 2024 (Collaborators: Kelly Nuener, Jesse Wallace, Amina Green, Mckenzie Sharp, Chris Giang)

Materials & Tech

Mixed media with gelatin-based bioplastic, locally-foraged flowers and plants, acrylic, projection, yarn, branches

Concept

Inspired by medieval florilegia, collections of wisdom gathered like bouquets of words, this installation combines handmade bioplastic flowers with digital technology.

Tap each ornament with your phone to uncover short quotes and reflections, and pause to enjoy a garden where inspiration blooms in both physical and digital forms. The web app can be viewed here: https://florilegium.garden/

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