Katarzyna Kozyra A Dream of Linnaeus` Daughter, 2018, 7:04 min
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A Dream of Linnaeus` Daughter was shot in Uppsala, in the gardens of
Carl Linnaeus, famous Swedish botanist living in the 18th century who
invented the classification system of organisms and the theory of sexual
reproduction of plants, whose nomenclature derived from human sexual
anatomy sparked universal outrage at the time. In her work, Kozyra acts
as Elisabeth Christina von Linné, one of Linnaeus` five daughters, an
exceptionally talented figure forgotten by history, who could never take
up studies, but still followed the steps of her father and became a
botanist. In Kozyra`s interpretation, Elisabeth conducts a choir singing
Ludwig van Beethoven`s famous Ode to Joy but... with the voices of such
animals as a dog, donkey, cow, horse, goat or monkey. The creatures
moo and squeal the anthem of the European Union while standing on
typical pallets that symbolise Noah`s Ark. What an irony of fate: in
Kozyra`s piece the daughter of the founder of an organism classification
system based on difference builds a new world order that levels all
differences, deeming all creatures equal.