Step into a vibrant world of transformation, imagination, and discovery.
Woodswoman: Earthseed at The New Children’s Museum will encourage visitors to explore the possibilities hidden within our own environment!
Tweet ShareWoodswoman: Earthseed invites visitors of all ages into an immersive environment shaped by artist Saya Woolfalk’s visionary world-building. Inspired by science fiction, ecology, and cultural hybridity, the installation transforms the gallery into a lush, oversized landscape filled with sculptural forms, shifting projections, responsive sound, and unexpected moments of play.
As visitors move through the space, they become “California butterflies,” journeying through colorful environments inspired by native plants and imagined futures. Along the way, three giant acorns offer hands-on experiences that spark curiosity, experimentation, and exploration.
Rooted in Woolfalk’s ongoing fictional narratives, Woodswoman: Earthseed encourages children and families to imagine new possibilities for themselves and the world around them. The installation blends fantasy, movement, sensory engagement, and collaborative discovery into an environment where creativity becomes a tool for transformation.
Who Made This?
- Saya Woolfalk (she/her)
- born
- 1979, Japan
- lives in
- New York
- artist
- www.sayawoolfalk.com
New York–based multidisciplinary artist Saya Woolfalk creates immersive installations, sculpture, video, and performance that use science fiction and fantasy to reimagine identity, culture, and the future. Through long-term narrative projects including “The Empathics” and “ChimaTEK”, Woolfalk has developed an expansive fictional world centered on the Empathics, a visionary race of women who can alter their genetic makeup and fuse with plant life.
Blending influences from fashion, anthropology, technology, and ecology, Woolfalk’s work explores the utopian possibilities of cultural hybridity and interconnectedness. Her practice invites viewers into richly layered environments that celebrate imagination as a tool for transformation, empathy, and collective growth.
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