The Garden of Shifting Beauty

2019

Bio-plastic (polylactic acid), rubber, wooden shelf, single channel video

The Garden of Shifting Beauty is a digital animation and installation of 3D-printed camellias exploring the relationship between biological forms and technological systems. Drawing on the camellia’s connection to the global tea trade, the work considers how processes of manufacturing, replication and material transformation reshape our understanding of nature. Produced from plant-derived bioplastics, the sculptures occupy a space between living specimen and manufactured object.