Experimental Materiality
Honey, I watered the screenCollaboration with Nicolas Guiraud & Francesca Bonesio from Atelier 37-2Each of the 55 objects in this project has outlived its original function. Each at the end of its life - broken, non functioning, out of fashion, replaced by a younger and more efficient version. We used these discarded items as vessels to grow mycelium. We then arranged them in a warm and humid environment and watered them several times a day. There is something deeply unsettling and at the same time satisfying about the act of watering a screen, a toaster, a radio, a child's toy and watching them grow. Through this, a ritual develops, of care and attention to objects which are normally disregarded and considered obsolete. After a few days, hybrid entities begin to emerge, made up of mycelium, electronics, plastic, cardboard, metal, all in a kind of permanent evolution. These organic grafts on and within discarded objects suggest a new relationship with the living world.

Honey, I watered the screen 2021

Collaboration with Atelier 37-2


In the Anthropocene, most human-made products are used only for a tiny fraction of their actual life span, living longer as waste than in use, surviving the humans that create them. Each object in this series has outlived its original function. We used these discarded items as vessels to inoculate with mycelium. There is something deeply unsettling and at the same time satisfying about the act of watering a screen, a toaster, a radio, a child's toy and watching them grow. After a few days, hybrid entities begin to emerge. These organic grafts suggest the possibility of improbable and surprising symbioses in a tinkered future where humans will have to rub shoulders with the living differently. 

Exhibition at Gallery D Parsons Paris, Fondation Fiminco
43, rue de la commune de Paris, Romainville
open from Oct 23rd to Nov 7th 2021 2pm-6pm
Opening on Oct 30th, 2pm-6pm

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