Postfactual Seeds
KunstHausWien, Fotos: Ines Ranzinger
2026 Pigment prints from rendered photography, 3d-prints
Postfactual Seeds, 2026
This work explores seeds as carriers of past and future, translating them from biological entities into digital objects. It was developed by invitation from KunstHausWien for the exhibition Seeds. Reclaiming Pasts, Sowing Futures. Using photographs from the archive of a species conservation project at the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna, AI-supported 3D models and speculative seed hybrids were created.
The resulting pigment prints and 3D-printed sculptures appear as “copies of copies,” referencing both museum archive objects and agricultural hybrid breeding aimed at uniformity and efficiency. By combining archival documentation with algorithmic speculation, Putz examines the possibilities and contradictions of AI-driven systems in biodiversity conservation.
What remains verifiable when knowledge increasingly relies on algorithmic interpretation? And what happens when ecosystems are preserved digitally while their physical foundations become increasingly unstable?
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SEEDS. RECLAIMING ROOTS, SOWING FUTURES.
Seeds are the very foundation of our life. The exhibition Seeds. Reclaiming Roots, Sowing Futures explores the multilayered meanings of seeds as a mirror of our relationship to the earth and one another. Works by fourteen international artists tell of disappearance and preservation, of loss and regeneration, of the poetic as well as political potential intrinsic to mutual concern and shared growing. The exhibition forges links between art, ecology and activism, inviting us to reflect on possible futures.
Artists
Ackroyd & Harvey, Maria Thereza Alves, Alexandra Baumgartner, Tue Greenfort, Kapwani Kiwanga, Dominique Koch, Jumana Manna, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Marzia Migliora, Lucia Pizzani, Michaela Putz, Cecilia Vicuña, Munem Wasif
Curator
Sophie Haslinger
Future Talk: Climate X Change
The diversity of our cultivated and wild plants is shrinking dramatically: of the millions of seed varieties that once existed, only a few hundred are commercially cultivated today. This erosion of biological diversity has far-reaching consequences for our food security, for resilient ecosystems, and for sustainable agriculture.
The interdisciplinary series “Future Talks: Climate X Change” explores relevant topics related to the climate crisis through interdisciplinary discussions.
Panelists: David Bröderbauer, author and head of science communication at the University of Vienna Botanical Garden
Katherine Dolan, head of seed policy at ARCHE NOAH
Ulli Klein, organic farmer David Bröderbauer
Michaela Putz, artist
Klimagipfel
13. und 14. April 2026, Funkhaus Wien