The World Wilder Lab collective (WWL, Kasia Molga and Erik Overmeire) views plants as autonomous, organized beings capable of using their own creativity to solve the challenges life presents them. The "Plandscapes" project highlights the plant itself as the creative force behind the artwork.
This plant is connected to the "PlanEt" device—a system designed by WWL to capture biological data—which transmits signals from within the plant through a custom algorithm. These signals, representing the plant's reactions to its environment and its decisions on how to adapt, form the basis of a generative visualization: a digital drawing. The content of the drawing is therefore dictated by the plant, the primary artist of this installation. In some cases, the plants even "decide" what should be printed and displayed as a physical piece and what should be ignored.
Each drawing is unique and printed as a one-of-a-kind piece. Since different plants may possess different properties, the project explores whether various plants can adopt distinct artistic identities and styles.
Kasia Molga (UK/PL) has refused to be labeled—a design fusionist, artist, environmentalist, creative coder, and technologist who, for over a decade, has sought ways to collaborate with nature, focusing primarily on the ever-evolving human relationship with and perception of the natural environment and its fellow "earthlings."
Her award-winning work has been exhibited worldwide (including at Ars Electronica, Tate Modern, MIS (BR), Centre Pompidou, etc.). Kasia has participated in numerous international art and science residencies and has regularly lectured and mentored across the European Union and the UK.
Kasia grew up on merchant navy ships, traveling with her sailor father, and is a proud licensed scuba diver.
World Wilder Lab is a collective created in 2013 by Kasia Molga, Ivan Henriques, and Erik Overmeire. In 2015, Ivan left, while Kasia and Erik continued to work under WWL until 2019. WWL is no longer active and only reconvenes to exhibit past work.