Suzanne
Treister
2014-15
HFT
The Gardener
HFT/Botanical Prints
Archival
giclée prints
Dimensions 29.7 x 42 cm
Psychoactive
plants with gematria numerical equivalents of 1-20 corresponding
respectively to the top 20 companies in the FT Global Financial Index
"Having compiled a gematria chart of 92 psychoactive plants, listing their botanical
names alongside their global companies equivalents, Traumberg developed
an algorithm that would trawl the internet collecting images of
the plants which corresponded to each company. Inspired
by the botanical illustrations of Ernst Haekel, which he had loved
as a child, Traumberg programmed the algorithm to collate and
transform these images into works with a similar style and format."
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1: Apple - US - Technology hardware & equipment |
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2: Exxon Mobil - US - Oil & gas producers |
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3: Microsoft - US - Software & computer services |
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4: Google - US - Software & computer services |
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5: Berkshire Hathaway - US - Nonlife insurance |
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6: Johnson & Johnson - US - Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
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7: Wells Fargo - US - Banks |
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8: General Electric- US - General industrials |
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9: Roche - Switzerland - Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
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10: Wal-Mart Stores - US - General retailers |
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11: Nestle - Switzerland- Food producers |
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12: Royal Dutch Shell - UK - Oil & gas producers |
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13: J P Morgan Chase - US - Banks |
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14: Novartis - Switzerland - Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
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15: Chevron- US - Oil & gas producers |
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16: Petro China - China - Oil & gas producers |
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17: Procter & Gamble - US - Household goods & home construction |
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18: Samsung Electronics - South Korea - Leisure goods |
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19: Pfizer - US - Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
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20: IBM - US - Software & computer services |