Matrix Botanica

Netherlands, 2013. Director Melanie Bonajo. 22min.

In Melanie Bonajo’s Matrix Botanica, spirits garbed in ceremonial attire fashioned from plants and greenery wander meditatively through the forest, serving as messengers for the more-than-human realm. Their slow movements and ritual gestures create a sense of communion between human and vegetal worlds, inviting viewers to contemplate their relationship with nature’s sentient presence. Through these lush, performative tableaux, Bonajo offers a vision of kinship that transcends conventional boundaries between the human and nonhuman. 

Costumes by Karolina Daria Pawlik.

Past screenings

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – UK Tour
Saturday 6 September 2025, 18:00 | Watershed, Bristol
Screened alongside Tobacco Barns (2023), with introduction by festival co-founder Christel Tsilibaris.