Growing Love

Setting out as a point-of-view video diary of a seed becoming a colourful flower, Claire Davies' "Growing Love" reflects on the promises of relationships with plants and the adventures of speculative gardening. Handheld mobile phone shots paired with an experiential narration negotiates perceptions of beauty together with the life-giving potential of human intervention – which eventually leads to a surprising outcome. Setting out as a point-of-view video diary of a seed becoming a colourful flower, Claire Davies' "Growing Love" reflects on the promises of relationships with plants and the adventures of speculative gardening. Handheld mobile phone shots paired with an experiential narration negotiates perceptions of beauty together with the life-giving potential of human intervention – which eventually leads to a surprising outcome. Setting out as a point-of-view video diary of a seed becoming a colourful flower, Claire Davies' "Growing Love" reflects on the promises of relationships with plants and the adventures of speculative gardening. Handheld mobile phone shots paired with an experiential narration negotiates perceptions of beauty together with the life-giving potential of human intervention – which eventually leads to a surprising outcome. Setting out as a point-of-view video diary of a seed becoming a colourful flower, Claire Davies' "Growing Love" reflects on the promises of relationships with plants and the adventures of speculative gardening. Handheld mobile phone shots paired with an experiential narration negotiates perceptions of beauty together with the life-giving potential of human intervention – which eventually leads to a surprising outcome.