n this project, I attempt to sculpt plant forms by using motors to manipulate the direction of gravity acting upon them.
As seen in gardens and potted plants, humans have lived alongside plants since ancient times—shaping their forms through actions like watering and pruning, and engaging in a continuous dialogue through this process of trial and error. A new tool (or machine) does not merely streamline conventional tasks; it introduces entirely unprecedented methods and ways of thinking. For instance, the 3D printer expanded the methodologies of fabrication by providing opportunities to discover shapes and structures that were unimaginable with traditional techniques.
Focusing on a plant’s natural "gravitropism" (the property of growing upward against gravity), this project sculpts plants by manipulating the direction of gravity using motors. Moving beyond mere form-making, this is an attempt to expand the sculpting of plants through the mediation of a new tool—the machine—and to explore what kinds of responses and dialogues can emerge between plants and humans.