Panspecies

Plant ECM (extracellular matrix), soft silicone sculptures | 2020

The project involves utilizing Petri dishes as vessels to showcase plant connective tissues, employing them not merely as a substrate but a white page upon which artificial silicone components are intricately arranged. This arrangement serves as a metaphor, depicting a realm devoid of gender and species distinctions, forming a landscape of substitute objects. In doing so, it offers a reflection on our diminishing biodiversity and calls for a reconsideration of identity