As part of Ventana Into The Swamp
Mixing both the idea of scientific investigation and xenomorphous bodies, this arthropod creature explores the breeding morphologies of the gestational process of worlds and -beyond human- relationships that operate directly on the dermis of the social fabric and, therefore, in the building of a web of collective memory.
Over the course of 30 days, this synthetic organism of cyclical nature will coexist within the urban life inside the U-Bahn station, pumping and expulsing dark liquids through its prosthetically designed arteries.
Dialoguing viscerally with the liquid stage of matter invites us to reflect on a suspended time — where past and future puncture the present simultaneously.
Deeply entangled with the nature of the swamp, organisms may reproduce through humidity trapped inside of the glass and grow from the pond, we may think of this parasitical life as a result of entering a state of co-participation with other states of existence.
Contained and confined, like inside of a laboratory test tube or a museum’s cabinet, the paradigm of who is observing who adds to an uncanny feeling of codependency. Yet, allowing to experience a liminal space of in betweenness – life growing and existing within of life.
