The Codex Vitae: Seeds as Living Records and Fractal Architectures of the Cosmos by Sergey Jivetin

Join us on Saturday, December 12, 2026, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, at the Hudson Valley Seed Company in Accord, NY, for a public presentation and display of The Codex Vitae: Encoded Structures of Living Memory, a new body of work by multidisciplinary artist Sergey Jivetin.

About the Project

In Furrow, Sergey Jivetin transformed individual seeds into miniature archives, engraving narratives and layers of meaning into their surfaces. With The Codex Vitae, he expands this exploration from the individual seed to the collective, bringing hundreds of seeds together into intricate, three-dimensional sculptural structures.

Drawing inspiration from the hidden patterns and forces that shape the universe, these structures translate ideas of time, space, and orientation into tangible fractal geometries.

Each seed is both a living record and a building block within a much larger whole. Together, they form an interconnected archive, bringing biological histories, human experience, and cosmic time into conversation.

The Presentation & Public Display

The presentation will explore how people across cultures and historical periods have developed systems for recording, organizing, and preserving knowledge. We will look at ancient practices such as Andean quipus and yupanas, and North American wampum belts, alongside the evolution of information technologies, from early punch cards to digital systems and emerging quantum computing frameworks. Despite their differences, these approaches reflect a shared desire to make information tangible, preserve knowledge, and find structure and meaning in the world.

Visitors can examine the sculptures up close and discover how human-designed systems of information echo patterns and organizing principles found throughout nature.

By approaching seeds through the lens of sculpture, The Codex Vitae invites us to recognize them as remarkable vessels of living memory and to contemplate the interconnectedness of existence across scales—from the smallest units of matter, the quantum realm, to the vast structures of time and the universe.

Admission: Free and open to the public. Please RSVP when possible. 

The Codex Vitae: Encoded Structures of Living Memory is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor