“Floridianas” and “Botanica Lucida” bring together two recent bodies of work that extend Corina Lipavsky’s ongoing research into interspecies communication, speculative biology, and the aesthetics of hybridity. Both series imagine organisms that defy categorical boundaries—neither plant nor animal, neither male nor female, neither strictly photographic nor illustrative. Instead, these works inhabit a fluid, generative zone where distinctions dissolve and new forms of relation can take shape.

“Floridianas” emerges from Lipavsky’s attentive observation of Miami’s native ecologies. Through fusions of local flora and fauna, the series proposes a constellation of fantastical lifeforms that mirror the region’s vibrant, unpredictable environment. “Botanica Lucida” expands this exploration into an imagined taxonomy of improbable entities. Luminous and enigmatic, these organisms celebrate the beauty of intermingling—suggesting that life’s richness lies in its crossings, “contaminations,” and unlikely alliances.

Created through AI-assisted generative processes, both bodies of work use emerging technologies as tools for speculative thinking. Rather than illustrating scientific truth, they propose alternative ecologies—spaces where organisms evolve beyond human-centered classifications and where the boundaries between species, media, and identities become porous. Together, they invite viewers to contemplate hybridity as an aesthetic, ethical, and imaginative force capable of opening new ways of seeing—and being—in the world.