all watched over by machines of loving grace includes an ongoing series of sculptural organic cyborgs inhabited by moths as their native habitat, previously reclaimed and co-processed by diverse agencies. the original diptych was created in 2019, following the materia prima exhibition, and developed further during the london years.   from richard brautigan to james lovelock, the title invites audiences to question the possibility of an ideal cohabitation – an interspecies entanglement – between mammals and pollinators, both aesthetically and ethically involved with gestures of care and cure, but from unresolved perspectives. its iconographies draw from anthropological myths and frameworks (such as those of claude lévi-strauss) as well as queer ecologies of “going gaga” (as theorized by j. halberstam). the project has continued to evolve through digital applications, embedding the moths’ own process of dismantling and reassembling as a core methodology—one that transcends medium and material, reimagining the boundaries of organic and synthetic life. text by medina zabo materialspowder coated sculpted stainless steel / organic living mosaic dwelt by moths, sourced in italy, DE, UK /mastic / mixed media / acrilic boxes / powder coated metal pedestals / installation, dimensions vary (200 /180 /100/ 50 *50*100 cm) interstitial, rituals of betwix, safehouse london, 2024 prompt for credentials, VO curations, london 2023fuori fuoco: angrisani_tancredi_tosti_zabo, studio attilio quintili, perugia, 2022 galleria d’arte moderna g. carandente, palazzo collicola arti visive, spoleto 2022 supported by: palazzo collicola arti visivecurator: davide silviolicuratorial texts: davide silvioli, valeria de siero, marco tonelliphotography: giulio buchicchio catalogue:  edizioni kappabit, rome 2023

co-creating with nature, annual RCA sustainLab show, gulbenkian gallery, london 2024

interstitial, rituals of betwixt and betweenn, safehouse london, 2024

prompt for credentials, VO curations, london 2023

fuori fuoco: angrisani_tancredi_tosti_zabo, studio attilio quintili, perugia, 2022

galleria d’arte moderna g. carandente, palazzo collicola arti visive, spoleto 2022

all watched over by machines of loving grace includes an ongoing series of sculptural organic cyborgs inhabited by moths as their native habitat, previously reclaimed and co-processed by diverse agencies.the original diptych was created in 2019, following the materia prima exhibition, and developed further during the london years.   from richard brautigan to james lovelock, the title invites audiences to question the possibility of an ideal cohabitation – an interspecies entanglement – between mammals and pollinators, both aesthetically and ethically involved with gestures of care and cure, but from unresolved perspectives.its iconographies draw from anthropological myths and frameworks (such as those of claude lévi-strauss) as well as queer ecologies of “going gaga” (as theorized by j. halberstam). the project has continued to evolve through digital applications, embedding the moths’ own process of dismantling and reassembling as a core methodology—one that transcends medium and material, reimagining the boundaries of organic and synthetic life. 

text by medina zabo

materialspowder coated sculpted stainless steel / organic living mosaic dwelt by moths, sourced in italy, DE, UK /mastic / mixed media / acrilic boxes / powder coated metal pedestals / installation, dimensions vary (200 /180 /100/ 50 *50*100 cm) 

 

galleria d’arte moderna g. carandente, palazzo collicola arti visive, spoleto 2022

supported by: palazzo collicola arti visive
curator: davide silvioli
curatorial texts: davide silvioli, valeria de siero, marco tonelli
photography: giulio buchicchio
artists involved: antonio barbieri, giulio bensasson, roberto ghezzi, miriam montani, giulia manfredi, bernardo tirabosco, medina zabo
catalogue:  edizioni kappabit, rome 2023
 
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