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[Graham Teeple]

Wow! What a wonderful discussion to find. 
I am also sorry to be joining in so late. 

Patrick and Murat - your discussion about the world beyond humans is one I love and fear thinking about. 
Projects like these are such great tools for testing the limits/limitations.

My mind has been spiralling into the human, interspecies, and cyborg dimensions of these projects. 

I am a gardener and curator. I am familiar with Yi and Jasmeen's work in its first iteration presented at Grow Op 2015 this spring, which I helped organize. 
Jo - I have heard about your project, and it is wonderful to read these details and anecdotes. 

To Yi and Jo:

I'm thinking about how human technology is often an essential collaborator when it comes to human-plant connections.
Leaving plants to the side for a moment, I'm wondering how would you describe the connection between participants and the technology you are using in these projects? 
Does it feel like an easier, or maybe natural, way to connect with others? Or maybe it presents its own perceptual challenges to participants?

And Jo - I'm wondering if you could speak about how the plants might have responded to THEIR intimate connection with human technology. Hard to say, I know, but have you noticed changes in the plants after connecting or disconnecting them? 

Thank so much for all your comments.

Graham