Food web
19.5 x 13 cm
Etching on paper
2025
Food web
19.5 x 13 cm
Etching on paper
2025
It’s not often that you see many crops following a single crop, but it’s not totally unobservable. But on the other hand, it’s very hard to see an individual following another individual unconditionally. The other day, two kinds of crops were found completely tangled together by the roots, effectively inseparable. They refused to converse with anybody excluding each other, and the fact that they were getting less water, love, and sunshine didn’t hugely affect their growth. An attempt to pull them apart resulted in them rotting away at the roots and foaming at the mouth not even a day after.
When the two were planted together again, they burrowed into each other like they’d been waiting for it, merging harder than before. A few days later, the fear of getting split apart again urged the two to bite and swallow each other and die.
Bad Potato
19.5 x 13 cm
Etching on paper
2025
Lemon Croci Carrot
19.5 x 13 cm
Etching on paper
2025
Angry Tomato
19.5 x 13 cm
Etching on paper
2025
A carrot escaped. It was barely caught and stuffed back into the ground just before it went over the fence, but the carrot kept repeating its attempts every single night. The carrot was cherished and loved by all surroundings, along with a perfect shape and color. But it never tired of simply fleeing away. Again, and again.
Skip, hop, jump, tumble. Skip, hop, jump, tumble. Skip, hop, jump, tumble.
Tumble.
Thought everything was growing well until vermin appeared, infecting and nibbling away at the skin of plants. It was covered in sharp stings, and fast enough to foil all attempts of catching and stopping it from destroying the crops. Strong pesticide was sprayed to catch it; the black husk started to cave in while convulsing and soon its neck snapped. The plants’ rejoicing over the eradication of pests didn’t last long - they soon became addicted to the toxic chemicals.
A sentry rabbit was hired. The rabbit will now take charge of exterminating vermin, capturing escapees, and putting them back in place. Wages are one carrot per day. The carrots protested loudly, insisting on unfairness.
Brought in a ravenous crocodile plant to remedy the insect issue. The firm, broad leaf wades underground and feeds on the insects that were too stuffed to stay in. Since it leaves its gaping mouth outside the ground, there is a probability that it may drown on a day with heavy rain- but it’s good at identifying friend from foe, and doesn’t take rogue action. About a month later, it took to the habit of grazing on plants it considered exotic.
Once a plant is contaminated, it sometimes ends up dead after suffering from disease. The roots were cut off and conserved for funeral services. They were separated into nine types; four of them were potatoes, two were sweet potatoes, and the rest were carrots and onions. Even after death, the pigtail-like roots moved every now and then, morphing into new forms. The roots of the potatoes -as in, the sweet and not - shared love with each other, intimately intertwined. Sharply curved onion roots threatened the little root next to it. The root that stuck itself in the corner to escape the confusion instead craned its neck to observe the whole thing.
Sometimes, some species threw themselves into the dirt without any prodding from this side. A good example would be the seed frog. The seed frog is an exotic species. Its skin was unsuitable for planting, yet it wished to melt into the crowd - it seems to be adapting. The shape of the frog is changing little by little because of the different environments. This doesn’t mean its species has changed.