Epiphyte, 2022
Site specific installation
13’ x 5’, 7.5’
Tree branches, preserved Spanish moss, living moss, fake moss, orchid, dried reeds, dogwood twigs, tuff back, polyester yarn, holographic vinyl, acrylic, twine, felt, chicken wire, floral foam, screw eyes, tape and sound.
Epiphyte (2022), is a site-specific installation that responds to an architectural, industrial setting being slowly overtaken by organic matter that cannot survive in such an environment. By using epiphytes, a plant that grows on another plant, a symbiotic relationship is created amongst the plantae. The Orchids and moss use its new environment to derive its nutrients without harm from its host tree, the phorophyte. By combining botanical research and some florist techniques, Epiphyte (2022) presents itself to be its own ecosystem, that alludes to the hybridity of both preserved and living plants that inhabit it, exhibiting the commensalism between organisms while also using synthetic materials to create an Eco brutalist landscape within OCAD University.
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