RD is a collaborative multi-media project by Sandra Binion and Lou Mallozzi.

RD takes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1844 short story "Rappaccini’s Daughter" as its catalyst. The story unfolds in a garden that mirrors a rationalist worldview while cultivating unruly toxins, invaders, and predators. Hawthorne’s story intertwines anxieties, fears, and dilemmas concerning the human body, rational control of unruly nature, and the moral consequences of scientific experimentation. RD investigates these themes through a direct engagement with the real and imaginary sites of the story and its writing, transfiguring materials, surfaces, images, histories, and gestures through video, drawing, sculpture, photography, painting, and sound.

Curated by Špela Zidar

June 12 - July 11, 2025
LdM Gallery
Via de’ Pucci, 4
50123 Firenze
Phone: (+39) 055287203
ldminstitute.com

Gallery hours:
Mon -Thu 10 am –2 pm
Fri 4 pm–7 pm

Opening reception
Thursday, June 12
5pm-8 pm