The 3E land and its reawakening spring flora hosted an event that ran from May 17–22, 2025. Fifteen people came together on-site, periodically joined by a larger number online, around the questions raised by plant movement. The impetus for the event was seeded by the cinematic and theoretical work of filmmaker and 3E participant Oana Suteu Khintirian, in dialogue the burgeoning field of plant philosophy around issues such as agency, intelligence, intentionality, and the distinction between the plant and the animal. Following our usual 3E approach, the event combined philosophical readings with on-site activities growing out of emergent “pop-up propositions” launched by participants during the event. The readings began with an essay by Thomas Lamarre complicating the notion of agency in plant studies. We went from there to an interview by the Brazilian poet and philosopher Nêgo Bispo presenting the Quilombo approach to relational ethics and the aesthetics of the earth, followed by strategic selections from the work of Gilbert Simondon and Henri Bergson, and ending with a reflection on the stakes of plant philosophy by Stella Sandford. Activities included paper-making (including with seeds integrated into the paper), making ink with local plants, building hügelkultur (the traditional German permaculture technique of raised-mound composting), and attunement excercises in movement through the forest. Traces of the event were disseminated to the 3E digital “anarchive,” which has gained momentum and garnered a great deal of activity. Check it out the Plant Movement page. The small circles are “portals” that will move you to other pages in the anarchive. To activate, go to the circular icon in the upper righthand corner, click, click again on 3E, and enter the token “murmurations”).
fuit.es Plant Movement page
Andrée Bélanger, handcrafted inks
