Tania Candiani presents her immersive installation 'Radix' at IVAM in Valencia, transforming the museum space into a speculative exploration of the subsoil as a living, memory-holding organism. The hybrid ecosystem combines living plants, blown-glass sculptures, suspended organisms, audiovisual projections, and an enveloping sound composition to blur boundaries between life and death, nature and artifice. The installation draws inspiration from the radial forms of vegetal structures documented in the Botanical Garden of Valencia, creating an environment that turns the gallery into an organic body suspended between botanical memory and scientific fiction. The exhibition runs until 20 September 2026.
This exhibition matters because it positions IVAM as a venue for ambitious ecological and speculative art that engages with pressing environmental themes through an immersive, multi-sensory approach. Candiani's work contributes to contemporary conversations about the interdependence of natural systems and the potential for art to reimagine our relationship with the hidden, invisible layers of the earth. By transforming the museum's architecture into an imagined plant, the project challenges traditional exhibition formats and invites visitors to reflect on alternative relational futures, reinforcing the growing trend of museums addressing ecological crises through experiential installations.