Seeds: Containers of a World to Come brings into dialogue work by ten contemporary artists whose research-based practices are defined by sustained inquiry into plant–human–land relations. For the artists Shiraz Bayjoo, Carolina Caycedo, Juan William Chávez, Beatriz Cortez, Ellie Irons, Kapwani Kiwanga, Jumana Manna, Anne Percoco, Cecilia Vicuña, and Emmi Whitehorse, the seed is the kernel, literally and metaphorically, of their investigations into issues of fragility, preservation, and possibility in the face of the global climate crisis.

Working with and from a diversity of geographical and cultural contexts—the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Western Europe—the artists in the exhibition create captivating sculptures, films, installations, and paintings that range from abstract, to speculative, to documentary. They share an anticolonial perspective critical of extractive capitalism, calling for more expansive ideas of a “world to come.” The exhibition aims to spark active and imaginative responses through encounters with visually arresting artworks that reflect on and reframe our understanding of current environmental challenges and our connections to the natural world.