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The
Center for Tactical Magic established a social experiment
to explore the potential for collective mental influence
on plant growth. Visitors to the exhibition are invited
to sit on a bench facing the plants and spend a few moments
projecting positive and negative thoughts at the respectively
labelled tomato plants. Each of the three plants (negative,
control, and positive) receive equal soil, light, and
water via an automated watering system. In addition, visitors
are invited to take their own packet of organic "peacevine"
cherry tomato seeds, complete with instructions on how
to establish their own psychobotany experiment at home.
The
CTM also presented a performance delineating the cultural
roots of psychobotany. The performance culminated in a
series of psychobotanical tests involving the participation
of both plants and audience members. Audience members
projected thoughts at plants, then depicted their thoughts
by drawing on paper. The plants were then hooked up to
lie detectors and attempts were made to match the drawings
with the corresponding audience members based on signals
from the lie detectors. The results were 100% positive.
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