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EcoFutures - Meet The Team: Alison Hiltner

June 2, 2017

Meet the team behind the Ecological Futures: Speculative Biomes of the Past, Present and Future installation for Northern Spark at TPT!
Name: Alison Hiltner

Biome: Aquatic

Plants Featured: Myriophyllum aquaticum (parrot’s-feather) + Pistia stratiotes, (water cabbage/ water lettuce)

Q: What artistic medium do you practice?

A: Sculpture.

Q: What was your favorite plant growing up?
A: A tie between the apple tree in my back yard and a Dieffenbachia plant in my house,

I named it Diffy.

Q: What interests you about the plants you selected for your Northern Spark installation?
A: The root structures and their destructive behavior.

To learn more about the Ecological Futures installation at TPT, visit tpt.org/events!

#ecofutures #savethebiomes #northernspark

Ecological Futures: Speculative Biomes of the Past, Present and Future is presented MN Original and TPT as part of Northern Spark 2017, produced by Northern Lights.mn.

© Twin Cities Public Television - 2017. All rights reserved.

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