Garden is pleased to present Notes from the Bottom, an exhibition by Buffalo, New York-based artist Yola Monakhov Stockton. In this new body of work, Monakhov Stockton collaborated with ecologists studying the flora and fauna at the floor of the Great Lakes. While with the scientists aboard the research vessel Lake Guardian, she turned her cameras towards the biological samples collected from below, as well as the equipment used to both gather them and to record findings. In particular, the team studied the freshwater quagga mussel, native to the Caspian and Black Seas, which has quickly proliferated throughout the region since its introduction by transoceanic vessels in 1989, completely transforming the ecosystems of the lake beds. Employing varied imaging technologies and approaches, Monakhov Stockton here reflects on the relationship between artist and specialist, the nature of documentary, the definition of invasiveness, and the migratory journeys of all things.