Edunia Seed Pack #4

Eduardo Kac, artist

born 1962

Edunia Seed Pack #4, 2009

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: magnet; plastic; lithograph; paper; seeds

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 21 x 26.5 cm (irregular)
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 1/4 x 10 7/16 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2013.0123

Not on display

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Kac’s Edunia Seed Packs are packages of seeds from his Plantimals (see the adjacent works). Each contains seeds of the Edunia, a plant that is not found in nature and contains DNA of a petunia combined with Kac’s DNA. According to Kac, the seed packets and the Edunia are “a reflection on the contiguity of life between different species. It uses the redness of blood and the redness of the plant’s veins as a marker of our shared heritage in the wider spectrum of life.”