Plant Ecologies and Migration

Plant Ecologies and Migration is a panel discussion hosted at Residency Unlimited as part of Identity Card, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, 2026. Curated by Anna Khimasia, it brings together artists Bahar Behbahani, Rachelle Dang, and Sujin Lim. The panel explores how immigrant and diasporic artists use plants and gardens as a framework and vocabulary for thinking through migration, from transplantation and adaptation to rooting and preservation. It also considers how botanical categories such as "native" and "invasive" mirror systems that regulate the movement of people.