Portrait of Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg for Gradient Canvas
Who is Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg?
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is a London-based multidisciplinary artist examining our fraught relationships with nature and technology.
Pollinator Pathmaker: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Senior Curator Misha Curson Eden Project (2021-09) by Steve Tanner and Courtesy: Eden Project
In 2021, Ginsberg launched Pollinator Pathmaker with the goal of creating the world’s largest climate-positive artwork. Google Arts & Culture was one of the collaborators on pollinator.art, where visitors can design their own editions of the algorithmic artwork.
Pollinator Pathmaker: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Eden Project (2021-09) by Steve Tanner
The first two Pollinator Pathmaker Editions opened in 2022; a 55m permanent installation at the Eden Project, Cornwall, and eleven beds over 250m in Kensington Gardens, London, commissioned by the Serpentine.
The third Edition, commissioned by LAS Art Foundation, opened in June 2023 in the forecourt of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Pollinator Pathmaker: 6nvKvSPnBEEFa6vTqwXJaZ (Human Vision) by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
What's Pollinator Pathmaker?
Pollinator Pathmaker: 6nvKvSPnBEEFa6vTqwXJaZ invites you to experience a speculative living artwork in Charleston Park in San Francisco through the eyes of pollinators.
Pollinator Pathmaker: 6nvKvSPnBEEFa6vTqwXJaZ (Pollinator Vision) by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg by Henrik Kam 2025
Pollinators see the color spectrum differently than humans, allowing them to perceive patterns and colors that are invisible to us.
Pollinator Pathmaker: 6nvKvSPnBEEFa6vTqwXJaZ (Human Vision) by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
To visualize the designs, Ginsberg digitally painted hundreds of plants, then asked Gemini to describe her hand paintings and used the results as prompts for her bespoke style-transfer AI.
Pollinator Pathmaker: 6nvKvSPnBEEFa6vTqwXJaZ (Pollinator Vision) by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Shifting between human and pollinator vision, this video reveals a vibrant, living world we cannot normally see, encouraging us, in Ginsberg's words, to "expand our perception of the world and through that empathy for other species."
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