anti-real-time, navigation via svg
There was no sign of nodes until 6 weeks after the stems were cut (which is late!), at which point I lost patience and planted them in soil with the tiniest roots, hoping for the best. They persevered! They are growing, and their leaves look healthy. I'm astonished to have grown three plants from one seemingly sensitive and high-maintenance Spotted Begonia.
I thought of Rowan Markson's piece "Adventitious Roots" that looks at the "adventitious and rhizomatic potential of the Tradescantia Zebrina plant". We published the site together and released his research in segments/leaves, and as such the website would grow. Rowan posting discoveries in blog form was inspired by the plant's motions, challenging real-time culture by proposing the release of information via seasonal impact or creeping, intermittent and volatile progress. The website is navigated by clicking SVG colours of the scanned plant to open posts, and visitors sweep through Rowan's findings by literally exploring the plant's delineation.