Presented as part of the 2022 Tucson Humanities Festival

“Feed me, Seymour!” In Little Shop of Horrors (1986), a bloodthirsty plant demands to be fed human flesh, and florist Seymour complies. What would you do if your salad bit you back, or even started to sing? Join us for a thought experiment about plants as intelligent beings rather than mere scenery, and explore how science and fiction can work together to change the way we live on this planet. The event will begin with a brief discussion by Joela Jacobs, Assistant Professor of German Studies and founder of the Literary and Cultural Plant Studies Network, and Katharina Scheerer, PhD candidate in Münster, Germany and visiting scholar at the UA Department of German Studies. 

This event is taking place in conjunction with the exhibit Eden? Plants Between Science and Fiction at the UA Poetry Center and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research from October to December 2022.

Free tickets available at noon on Oct. 11 at The Loft Cinema box office. First come, first served.

Co-Sponsored by the Humanities Seminars Program.