This book is a culmination of a long collaboration focusing on Japanese Knotweed by 4 practitioners: Natsumi Sakamoto @natsumi_sak (artist); Florence Dwyer @flooodwyer (artist); Haruka Yazaki @haruyaza (horticulturist); and @naokomabon (curator).
Japanese Knotweed is a plant artificially introduced to Europe from Japan in the 19th century, and is currently treated as an “invasive alien species” outside Japan due to its strong reproductive capacity. Through creative thinking and practice, the project aimed to experimentally explore the various aspects of Japanese Knotweed such as characteristics, relationships, interpretations and uses, in order to change its stereotypical image and expand its possibilities.
Designed and produced by @mushetofernandez with @good_press, this book containing a collection of texts, drawings, photographs, recipes and stories, brings together the multifaceted processes and fruits of the thought and practice in the project, and how constant flux and chaos the real plant world is in, within a mobile format.
