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

paesaggistica toscana, siena 2024 launch incubator project

MFA research project _ royal college of art london, 2024 ongoing

materials: mirror finish stainless steel / organic living mosaic, pastels, mulberry silk

organic matter sourced and processed in italy and uk

techniques: renaissance imprimatura, bespoke silkprinting, digital art, fine art photography, grafting methods and feral practices embroidery

venue advice: grandi vivai margheriti, chiusi, siena 

technical advice: cultural heritage digitisation london, contrado london, RCA future material workshop, rameria trasimeno, archivio storico calzature gruppo prada

 
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