2025

Mixed media installation presented in the collective exhibition En Fiévre at the end of the artistic residency at Shakirail, a very dynamic cultural space in Paris.

Rooted in my ongoing interest in ants and subterranean life, this was a period of observation and experimentation, in which my practice was driven by what remains unnoticed: both overlooked and neglected materials picked in the garden, the fragments of everyday life. They carry stories, potential and also subtle traces of human and non-human presence. They opened a space for speculation.

This work invites viewers to slow down, to look closely and to imagine hidden gestures and connections. Built with a wide range of familiar materials (from plastic, wood and cardboard, to leaves, electric cables and potatoes), a series of strange structures have appeared, disposed of as an enigmatic field of investigation. Purpose? Not clear. Perhaps a colony of ants interested in urbanism has left behind shelters and mysterious devices powered by a potato battery. Are they trying to communicate with us? Maybe organising a party? Or are they preparing for the apocalypse?

Somewhere between fiction and fieldwork, this installation explores how small beings and neglected objects can shift perception and challenge our ideas of authorship and collaboration.