HABITAT
2018-2021
This series was initially inspired by retro wallpaper patterns as a paradoxical response to human’s desire to be near nature through using the artificial to heal longings for the real. The green plant here symbolizes nature, vitality and endurance.
The pot-like imagery representing human impact looks awkward and discordant regarding to its connection with the plant. As a metaphor of technological supremacy, the sci-fi-like background is processed as color blocks without any sign of life, even without shadows of the plant.
In the form of a eulogy to all the house plants we’ve killed, each plant portrait here is a reflection on the ambivalent relationship among human, nature and technology.
