Medina Triennial Saturday Programs

This Saturday, the Medina Triennial explores the relationships between humans and the natural world through the language of plants, the tactility of soil, and evolving histories of craft. A series of public programs unfolds throughout the day, including screenings, an artist talk, and a collective planting session aboard artist Mary Mattingly's Floating Garden.

Saturday Sessions
October 18, 2025
12–6 PM

Video Screening: There Are Things in This World that Are Yet to Be Named
12–4:30 PM at The Hub
Erin Johnson's There Are Things in This World That Are Yet to Be Named (2020) will screen continuously throughout the afternoon. The film follows the discovery of Solanum plastisexum, an Australian bush tomato whose fluid biology resists fixed categorization.

Community Planting on Floating Garden
2–4 PM at Erie Canal Basin, behind The Hub
Join artist Mary Mattingly and the Triennial team for a collective planting day aboard Floating Garden. Help us establish a living ecosystem on Mattingly's repurposed barge and create an artwork shaped by the community that surrounds it. Please bring hand tools and gloves. Plant donations are welcome.

Material Affairs: From Weaving to Future Materials
4:30–6 PM at The Hub
Estonian artist and designer Kärt Ojavee will give a talk and screening exploring how emerging technologies intersect with traditional craft. Experimenting with materials from Kevlar to seaweed, Ojavee reimagines the future of textiles while sustaining tactile connections to hand-crafted objects.