‘The Garden of unearthed delights’, 2024

Mild steel, Aluminium, monoprint, oil paint on recycled paper,
1800cm x 110cm.

Comes with aluminium cast worms sculpture fixed to the frame.

Have split batons at back to be hang from wall.

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Inspired by ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch, the drawing depicts the secret life of earthworms. My research has been informed by reading Charles Darwin’s extensive study, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits’. In the drawing, we see the worms collecting food, reproducing, and meandering on the surface of the soil. Eyes in the drawing become a recurring pattern, emphasizing the notion of observation and play.

The drawing is a monoprint, aesthetically resembling an architectural blueprint. I used the codes of technical drawings, which I produce in my interior architecture work, to create a technical drawing of a biological system. Taxonomy codes, annotations, dimensions, captions, degrees, weights, and various European science codes are present, flying around the drawing on circular lines. By using the techniques of blueprints, all writing is mirrored, bringing forth the idea of secrecy, coded maps, and games.

My work has also been heavily influenced by Jane Bennett’s essay ‘Vibrant Matter’, which explores the vibrancy between living and non-living things. The movement in my work alludes to this endless circularity of life and decay in the natural world.