Anna Safiatou Touré

Brussels, 2020

– 8 prints on vellum paper with framing, 30 x 40 cm
– Herbarium of the Congolese Department of the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken, Anna Safiatou Touré, NON-COUCHÉ Collection No. 3, CFC Editions x Iselp

TheHerbarium... is a fictional reconstruction of an herbarium that could belong to the Congolese greenhouses of Laeken. This proposal is a response to the year-round inaccessibility of the greenhouses, the lack of plant inventory, the disappearance of Congolese species due to the Belgian climate, the colonial history of the building, and my interest in the plant as a political and living element that carries stories.