The characteristic features of a botanical garden are a combination of international vegetation, the reproduction of the whole world on a small scale, categorisation/scientific terms and establishment of definitions, research and the preservation of species.

For the project BOTANIC CODE Jorinde Voigt walked within one year (November 2009 to October 2010) through the local botanical gardens of every city to which professional and private travels led her.

In this work, the performative element of drawing is transferred to the movement of walking, the path on which she passes through the gardens. This is subject to her spontaneous decision. The walk is undertaken under the premise that her own perceptions with respect to colours are investigated.

Proportional areas of colour, generated according to an algorithm developed for the purpose, are transferred onto aluminum rods 3 meters long.

The outcome of such a visit to a botanical garden is a group of painted aluminum rods; an algorithmically developed 'code' that takes as its theme my walk and perceptions along the parameters of colour, proportion, performance, season of the year, norm, and infinity -- and creates a new matrix for perception.