Index of Resilience
 

Aluminum, Acrylics, Laser cutting, Laser engraving

Etched onto this panel is a catalog of botanical names, identifying the resilient flora flourishing in the liminal spaces between cement seams, brick facades, and concrete corridors of Governors Island. Each plant is named in the binomial language of taxonomy—genus and species epithet—rooting scientific precision in the poetry of survival. Threaded through the island’s historic masonry and modern infrastructure, these tenacious specimens quietly reclaim forgotten ground, embodying resilience, adaptability, and the untamed plasticity of urban nature.