Defender, 2024
Unique ctype hand prints, hoisted with steel
Antagonists, 2024
B/w silver gelatin prints made on expired Kodak paper, metal sculpture
In awe of Joesph Hoefnagel (a Dragonfly portrait), 2024
found dead dragonfly sandwiched between two black and white negatives, metal sculpture
Grey-headed flying fox colony, Burdekin Park, Singleton, NSW Australia, 2011 - 2024
112 b/w silver gelatin prints on expired Kodak bromide paper, taped together with restoration tape
Ibis congregation, Western Sydney, NSW
104 b/w silver gelatin prints on expired Agfa paper, taped together with restoration tape
104 b/w silver gelatin prints on expired Agfa paper, taped together with restoration tape
FlyCatcher, 2024
Unique ctype hand print mounted on aluminium, steel brace Installation view of Aeterna, a bi-personal exhibition with Lorena Florio, at Mucho Mas! Turin, 2024
PEST OR FRIEND
Pest or friend connects with organisms that are emblems of the urban environment.
In being highly versatile and adaptable, animals
considered to be pests are examples of animal success. Previously associated with disease and filth, aviators such as pigeons and flies have learnt to
navigate poor social systems of housing, infrastructure collapse and can thrive feeding on human waste.
The adaptation methods of city dwelling creatures
largely develop because of the declining availability and diversity in natural
habitats, shifting closer and closer towards city life. With the ‘pest’ boom continuing to rise in cities across
the world, the Global Pest Control Market takes it head on, thriving with new
challenges of products and solutions.
What is making these critters bloom?
Relentless ecological change poses new co-dependencies, and is a reminder of the
intricate connection, between humans, creatures and the environments they share.
Merging as companion species to the two floor ‘colonies’ of
Pest or friend, hung metal formations are examples of pest condemnation. Photographed
in habitats of refuge; the White Australian Ibis bird in an inner city Wetland,
and the grey headed flying fox in a park of Singleton, NSW, are two native
species examined for their vulnerability and exceptional adaptability. Printed in multitude with found packs of expired photographic paper, details and zoom ins from single b/w negatives have been scrutinised. With each print being taped together, a restoration in habitat poses here as form; designed, dislocated, and stunted in function.
Pest or friend was developed and supported by the the PM and MM! Open Call, a curatorial collaboration between Mucho Mas! and Pellicola magazine.
A big thank you to Wojciech Kawczyk, Silvia Mangosio, Luca Vianello, Matilde Gusmeroli, Artful Dodgers Imaging, Dot Imaging, North London Darkroom and Arts Council England.
PEST OR FRIEND
Pest or friend connects with organisms that are emblems of the urban environment.
In being highly versatile and adaptable, animals considered to be pests are examples of animal success. Previously associated with disease and filth, aviators such as pigeons and flies have learnt to navigate poor social systems of housing, infrastructure collapse and can thrive feeding on human waste.
The adaptation methods of city dwelling creatures largely develop because of the declining availability and diversity in natural habitats, shifting closer and closer towards city life. With the ‘pest’ boom continuing to rise in cities across the world, the Global Pest Control Market takes it head on, thriving with new challenges of products and solutions.
What is making these critters bloom? Relentless ecological change poses new co-dependencies, and is a reminder of the intricate connection, between humans, creatures and the environments they share.
Merging as companion species to the two floor ‘colonies’ of Pest or friend, hung metal formations are examples of pest condemnation. Photographed in habitats of refuge; the White Australian Ibis bird in an inner city Wetland, and the grey headed flying fox in a park of Singleton, NSW, are two native species examined for their vulnerability and exceptional adaptability. Printed in multitude with found packs of expired photographic paper, details and zoom ins from single b/w negatives have been scrutinised. With each print being taped together, a restoration in habitat poses here as form; designed, dislocated, and stunted in function.
Pest or friend connects with organisms that are emblems of the urban environment.
In being highly versatile and adaptable, animals considered to be pests are examples of animal success. Previously associated with disease and filth, aviators such as pigeons and flies have learnt to navigate poor social systems of housing, infrastructure collapse and can thrive feeding on human waste.
The adaptation methods of city dwelling creatures largely develop because of the declining availability and diversity in natural habitats, shifting closer and closer towards city life. With the ‘pest’ boom continuing to rise in cities across the world, the Global Pest Control Market takes it head on, thriving with new challenges of products and solutions.
What is making these critters bloom? Relentless ecological change poses new co-dependencies, and is a reminder of the intricate connection, between humans, creatures and the environments they share.
Merging as companion species to the two floor ‘colonies’ of Pest or friend, hung metal formations are examples of pest condemnation. Photographed in habitats of refuge; the White Australian Ibis bird in an inner city Wetland, and the grey headed flying fox in a park of Singleton, NSW, are two native species examined for their vulnerability and exceptional adaptability. Printed in multitude with found packs of expired photographic paper, details and zoom ins from single b/w negatives have been scrutinised. With each print being taped together, a restoration in habitat poses here as form; designed, dislocated, and stunted in function.
Pest or friend was developed and supported by the the PM and MM! Open Call, a curatorial collaboration between Mucho Mas! and Pellicola magazine.
A big thank you to Wojciech Kawczyk, Silvia Mangosio, Luca Vianello, Matilde Gusmeroli, Artful Dodgers Imaging, Dot Imaging, North London Darkroom and Arts Council England.