Through a dynamic presentation of multidisciplinary artworks and activations, Ecologies of Elsewhere explores the physical and symbolic properties of plant life to examine issues that shape contemporary society, such as migration and diaspora; gender and sexuality; extraction and exploitation; the legacies of colonialism; and the potential for healing. From Lisandro Suriel’s use of the layered legacies of cotton within the West Indies, to Eric Gyamfi’s employment of plant-based emulsions to develop analog photos, to Ilze Wolff’s work examining the life of South African writer, activist, and gardener Bessie Head (1937 – 1986), each work in Ecologies of Elsewhere offers a critical ecological lens on to a range of subjects, both personal and political, contemporary, and historic.