This multi-layered exploration investigates the symbiosis between imperial encounters and botany—a discipline historically used to explore, classify, and exploit plants, races, regions, and cosmologies.
Central to the work are narratives of the smuggling of a rare blue poppy to England, the opium wars, and systemic discrimination against Chinese laborers in North America in constructing the railing system. By bridging past and present, the project reveals the far-reaching impacts of imperialism on landscapes, labor histories, and geopolitical relations.






