Limited Taxonomy is a research-based project organized by Jessie Fisher and Viy that seeks to bridge the human / nature divide by examining how built and non-built environments interact on a small scale. 

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Working on a 12x12 ft plot in Millwork Commons where industry, development, and nature co-exist, Fisher and Viy set out to document the plants, fungi, insects, rocks, and debris on the site’s surface. They researched each of these organic and inorganic bodies to create a taxonomic index that traces their characteristics, histories, and journeys resulting in a body of work that includes photographs and printed material. Installed in a constellation of images and text, Limited Taxonomy uses small scale intervention and a light hand to magnify the complex entanglements of interdependent human and non-human environments.