Nanomagnetic Plants is an art–science research project investigating how magnetic fields can influence plant behaviour and perception. The work brings together plant biology, nanomaterials, and experimental sensing to explore non-human responsiveness beyond conventional sensory models.

Developed through laboratory experiments and artistic prototyping, the project questions how plants might register, respond to, or be modulated by magnetic forces, opening up speculative futures for plant–technology entanglements.

This involved internalising the biomedical magnetic nanoparticles within the plants resulting in movement when strong magnets were positioned near the plants. 

This work was inspired by biomedical preclinical applications where magnetic nanoparticles were coated with drugs and guided to sites (e.g. brain and heart) for drug delivery inside living organisms (e.g. rats) using external magnets.

The question was whether this nanotechnology could be applied to plants, and whether these particles could be internalised to induce movement that could be perceived by the naked eye.