Christoph Dichmann’s project Anemochory reflects on the impact of rising global temperatures on plants’ ability to reproduce and spread seeds to survive. With increasing global warming, climate zones are forecast to shift around the globe at a speed of 33km per year. For species to survive these circumstances, migratory capabilities may be one of the critical abilities.

‘Plants act intergenerationally, like slowly moving beings made up of multiple entities, seeking longevity in multiple directions.’

London’s climate ‘will resemble Barcelona’s by 2050,’ a climate change study by the Crowther Lab at ETH Zürich has pointed out. Plants that blossom once a year will rely on their seeds to travel extensively before settling to grow in the correct climate.

The term Anemochory refers to wind dispersal of seeds. While many seeds travel by air, species such as dandelions have evolved seedheads which create a vortex of air when carried by the wind, enabling them to travel up to 100km. Christoph Dichmann’s work speculates on the evolutionary transformations that other seeds may need to undergo to reach similar distances.

Anemochory is part of 'Expedition Aequalis', an ongoing, interdisciplinary design-research project by Dutch Invertuals in collaboration with The Future Laboratory, Edhv and Reon Brand.