Roots are Tongues That Speak a Million Angry Languages

Revolutions require softness and space for many. Plants know this, and they also know that softening the earth means opening doors for those without a home. Solidarity, in the end, is an endeavour – and endeavours grow in the soil. Roots Are Tongues That Speak a Million Angry Languages is a group of plant bodies sharing their experiences of oppressive systems within the EU. Brought to Europe by humans, on ships, to embellish gardens, their bodies were subjected to scientific research. One day, they outgrew these gardens, broke free, and began life on the unknown lands. Today, some are labeled “invasive” because they refuse to follow human rules. Others are held as workers, tightly regulated in agricultural fields as crops. And some remain in the shadows, their knowledge, once used for contraception and abortion, buried alongside the witches who guarded it. What would a plant look like that resists colonialism, fascism, and patriarchy? And so they grow: chimeras, formed from many plants, pooling their powers as a counter-proposal to violent dissection. If they lend each other their leaves, braid their roots together, and bear parasitic fruits, they might be strong enough to break borders. "I have no name in the Bible. And neither do you. We are not counted as God's children on these lands. And as we didn’t exist in their holy book, they thought we were evil. They fear us as much as they fear snakes. We might be the potential of a resistance of a new tomorrow." Says a Potato to a Tomato.