Photos by Studio Flusser for MeetFactory.
Fleeting commensalities (2021-ongoing)
Clear resin, bioplastic medium, meal leftovers, fungi, insects, bacteria.
In this series of sculptures, the bioplastic leftovers from “Between The Beginning of Sense and The Chaos of Feeling: A Multispecies Banquet” are allowed to be consumed by non-human lifeforms — fungi, insects, and bacteria, among others. When completely dried and depleted of the nutritional properties utilized by most lifeforms, the bioplastic remnants are then encased in clear resin, preserving a snapshot of intersecting human and non-human lifecycles. This work hopes to offer reflections on commensality and manifestations of care and connection amongst human and non-human beings.