Internal garden
Site-specific installation during lock down
2020
The blue moss had crept over everything again, and it was thickest around our door. That was only natural. With Mom's hysterical fits, there was always something for it to feed on. (...) Then it was explained to me that the blue moss is a native inhabitant of the Gloom, a parasite that consumes human emotions.
Daywatch by Sergei Lukyanenko
During the epidemic, with more time for ourselves, we indulged in passions like painting, knitting, or gardening. Yet constant news consumption, distrust in the government, isolation, and a sense of powerlessness wore us down. We became confined to a biosphere of emotions, social media, and internet content—a space haunted by the traces of absent, lost, or unreachable futures.
While technology connects us, it also continuously reminds us of the crisis, fostering emotional solitude. Even with instant communication, we crave real human connection. This work engages with hauntology, exploring anxiety, fear, and the ghostly persistence of unrealized possibilities, and how we adapt to this altered reality.
A series of site-specific installations personify these emotions. Despite closed doors, they infiltrate our homes, manifesting as mutated, organic forms. These entities feed on paranoia and mistrust, spreading through our spaces like invasive vines. Our homes become hybrid organisms, shaped by anxieties of global warming, political crises, and societal degeneration, forcing humans to adapt to a drastically changed environment.