“Power Plants” is an artwork created by Hito Steyerl in 2019, belonging to the Conceptual Art movement and categorized as an installation.
The artwork features a striking display that integrates multiple digital screens showcasing vibrant, digitally rendered images of plants. Overlaid text in a luminescent, purple-pink hue interweaves with the visual elements, creating an immersive and textually rich environment. It appears as an intricate assembly of projections and monitors, mounted on a scaffold-like structure, which transforms the gallery space. The dynamic and overlapping layers of visual and textual information suggest a complex narrative or commentary, indicative of Steyerl’s conceptual approach. The overall presentation of “Power Plants” evokes a sense of digital ecology, exploring themes likely related to technology, nature, and information.
