- Cooper Union
Maria Thereza Alves creates research-based projects around seeds, migration, colonial trade, Indigenous knowledge and environmental history. Her work often reveals how botanical and political histories are inseparable.
Installation; social practice; ecological art
Major Works
- 1999 onwardSeeds of Change
- 2007Wake: A Project for New Orleans
- 2012The Return of a Lake
- 2000sRecipes for Survival
- 2000sThe Long Road to Xico
- 2000sBallast Flora
- 2010sFair Trade Head
- 2000sIndigenous Knowledge Projects
- 2000s–20sColonial Botanical Archives
- 2017To See the Forest Standing
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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