Christina Nguyen Hung

Why Leaves Really Fall Off Trees
by Robert Krulwich
“little cells appear at the place where the leaf stem meets the branch. They are called “abscission” cells. They have the same root as the word scissors, meaning they are designed, like scissors, to make a cut.”

The scissor cells are stained red and mark the boundary between the branch (left) and the leaf stalk.

Spotted onthe sidwalk near Lee hall on the Clemson University campus.

I just returned from a trip to Taichung City in Taiwan where I installed a version of my artwork “American Vectors” for the “FREEZE – 2009 Medtech Art Show” at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. The installation included a new series of time-lapse videos of bacteria cultures.

I met several artists including:

• Daito Manabe
• Tomofumi Yoshida
• Young Hyun Chung
• HSU Su-Chen
• Jay & Jody Silver
• Sean and Erica Montgomery
• Christopher Bauder of White Void Interactive Art & Design

The show was Curated by Shang-Min Chien and Laza Wu.

This image i part of the “At Low Tide” project which I co-produced with my husband, artist John Sturgeon. The piece was recently show as part of the exhibition “Die Zukunft unserer Küsten – Das Wattenmeer.” And our good friend, artist Steve Bradley, exhibited Ohr am Wattenmeer. The exhibition won two awards: 1. www.Land-der-Ideen.de ; Preisverleihung (donation)15.7.2009 in Oldenburg and 2. www.KinderzumOlymp.de ; Preisverleihung (donation) 21.9.2009 in Berlin (Kulturstiftung der Länder) and 23th of June in Oldenburg (Deutsche Bank Stiftung).