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The 16 competing teams are divided in groups composed of 4 teams. The selection for the groups was the result of drawing taking geographic factors into consideration, as far as possible. All teams in each group play against each other once. All matches take place in the organising country The Netherlands (The Hague).
Match – For every game 11 seeds of Lepidium Sativum per country are placed in two separate Petri dishes. Both get the same amount of water and sunlight. The team who reaches the red and white line (3 cm) first wins. Three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat (league format). Teams are photographed twice a day until one of the teams wins. If, during the day, both teams hit the thread, it is a draw. Both first and second teams in the group continue to quarterfinals.
Ranking in each group is determined as follows:
A) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches B) difference in speed
Quarterfinals (knockout format):
Number 1 group A : number 2 group C
Number 1 group B: number 2 group D
Number 1 group C: number 2 group B
Number 1 group D: number 2 group A
If, in the knockout phase, the match ends in a draw, the match continues until the second player reaches the line. The team that reaches the line with more players first wins.
The 16 competing teams are divided in groups composed of 4 teams. The selection for the groups was the result of drawing taking geographic factors into consideration, as far as possible. All teams in each group play against each other once. All matches take place in the organising country The Netherlands (The Hague).
Match – For every game 11 seeds of Lepidium Sativum per country are placed in two separate Petri dishes. Both get the same amount of water and sunlight. The team who reaches the red and white line (3 cm) first wins. Three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat (league format). Teams are photographed twice a day until one of the teams wins. If, during the day, both teams hit the thread, it is a draw. Both first and second teams in the group continue to quarterfinals.
Ranking in each group is determined as follows:
A) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches B) difference in speed
Quarterfinals (knockout format):
Number 1 group A : number 2 group C
Number 1 group B: number 2 group D
Number 1 group C: number 2 group B
Number 1 group D: number 2 group A
If, in the knockout phase, the match ends in a draw, the match continues until the second player reaches the line. The team that reaches the line with more players first wins.
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(GR)GREECE
(CH)SWITZERLAND
(FR)FRANCE
(BE)BELGIUM
(NL) THENETHERLANDS
(DE)GERMANY
(IT)ITALY
(CZ)CZECH
REPUBLIC
(PT)PORTUGAL
(NO)NORWAY
(ES)SPAIN
(UK)UNITED
KINGDOM
(IE)IRELAND
(BY)BELARUS
(PL)POLAND
(AT)AUSTRIA
GROUP 1
GROUP 2
GROUP 3
GROUP 4
Quarter–finals
Semi–finals
Final
European Championship for Garden Cress
(Lepidium sativum)
Nature usually does not take much notice of national borders but at a time when populists emphasize our nationalistic feelings, and national borders are often questioned (fe. when it comes to refugees), it is time for a challenge. Ho big are the differences in quality, vigor and power between sprouts of Lepidium sativum from the various countries of Europe?
The Museum of the Plant
The ‘European Garden Cress Championship’ is part of Anne Geene’s Museum of the Plant. A curiosity cabinet of photographs and objects addressing different aspects of plants. Regular institutions concerning plants and plant science usually restrict themselves to biological aspects and particularities of plants. They show rare species, collect DNA and aim to educate the public. My (fictitious and absurd) museum points to everything else. It focuses on coincidence rather than certainty or repeatability, on their place in human society rather than their own habitats and on the transformation of organisms into museum objects. As an artist I discover, collect and file information and observations of today and in history. The findings are exhibited during various shows with an ever growing collection.
Colofon
A project by Anne Geene
Graphic design & code: Dayna Casey
(Lepidium sativum)
Nature usually does not take much notice of national borders but at a time when populists emphasize our nationalistic feelings, and national borders are often questioned (fe. when it comes to refugees), it is time for a challenge. Ho big are the differences in quality, vigor and power between sprouts of Lepidium sativum from the various countries of Europe?
The Museum of the Plant
The ‘European Garden Cress Championship’ is part of Anne Geene’s Museum of the Plant. A curiosity cabinet of photographs and objects addressing different aspects of plants. Regular institutions concerning plants and plant science usually restrict themselves to biological aspects and particularities of plants. They show rare species, collect DNA and aim to educate the public. My (fictitious and absurd) museum points to everything else. It focuses on coincidence rather than certainty or repeatability, on their place in human society rather than their own habitats and on the transformation of organisms into museum objects. As an artist I discover, collect and file information and observations of today and in history. The findings are exhibited during various shows with an ever growing collection.
Colofon
A project by Anne Geene
Graphic design & code: Dayna Casey