Nature of Things

Nature of Things is a series of installations devised to observe the gradual becoming and disintegration of things. Sculptural objects made with natural, organic, biodegradable materials, including waste flowers, shellac, beeswax and resin, and, occasionally, cooking flour, sugar, or sand, provide a field for experimentation that takes as a starting point a critical commentary on the ideas of consumerism and planned obsolescence that contribute to the culture of waste. 

Often juxtaposed in specially built incubators or artistic installations along with scraps of found metal — corroded and disintegrated, deployed of former context and use — the Perishable pieces, displayed at different stages of decomposition, reference recognisable, domestic forms, everyday items and architectural elements, as well as archetypal, symbolic shapes that, abstracted into sculptural forms, echo the world around us.

In sharp contrast with fossil plastics, the perishable composite we developed was designed to eventually decay without leaving a negative footprint — dissolving in soil, blending into the natural environment it came from, or being consumed by a special set of enzymes developed in collaboration with Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle and the CTR CATAR CRITT Agroressources in Toulouse, France.