Luminous Darwin

Through Oct. 17, 2010, $1 requested donation, American Philosophical Society Museum, 104 S. Fifth St., 215-440-3440, amphilsoc.org.

by Holly Otterbein

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Published: Apr 14, 2009

visual art

Nature know-it-all Charles Darwin pondered seriously if plants slept. He noticed that many of them folded up their leaves at night, as if wrapping a green blanket around themselves before nodding off. Artist Eve Andrée Laramée asks the logical next question: If plants slept, what would they dream about? Her answer lies in a reimagined magic lantern, which projects abstract photos and illustrations of the plants' hypothetical reveries. Though their dreams concern exactly what you'd expect — other plants, the weather, lawn mowers — the piece is still surprising in its fantastical, funny delivery.

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