Cryptids

Sculptures in concrete that incorporate plastic plants, soundscape and video

The debris of our civilisation, packing material and plastic bottles are used to create the moulds for a cast in concrete sculptures. Cryptids are concerned with the materiality of the city; the remains of the ongoing civilisation creating speculative constellations.

Cryptids are enactments of anti-anthropocentrism, placing importance on the symbiosis of humans, animals, plants and things. The work refers to the ecological relationships of the species without separation of the biological and the social in the context of “natureculture” thinking (Donna Haraway). 

These creatures confuse the authentic with the fake. 

 

 

Skulpturen aus Beton, Plastikpflanzen, Soundscape und Video

Zivilisationsmüll, Verpackungsmaterial und Plastikflaschen werden als Gießform für Betonskulpturen verwendet. Cryptids handelt von der Materialität der Stadt; die Überreste der fortschreitenden Zivilisation schaffen spekulative Konstellationen. 

Cryptids sind Aufführungen des Anti-Anthropozentrismus und legen Wert auf die Symbiose von Mensch, Tier, Pflanze und Ding. Die Arbeit bezieht sich auf die ökologischen Beziehungen der Arten ohne Trennung von Biologie und Sozialem im Kontext des “Naturkultur” Denkens  (Donna Haraway).

Diese Kreaturen vermischen Authentisches mit Nachahmung.

 

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