Curiosity Fruit

The artificial “romance” of the bedroom houses elements intended to entice feelings of curiosity regarding the environment and the objects within. It is a playful attempt to stimulate curiosity and involve the audience with the recreation provided for in the room.

The pods invade a “made up” space intended for sexual expression and rest with images of artificiality, sexuality, and growth which  beckon to be handled.   The dichotomy between materials suggests environments or situations relevant to the culture and society we inhabit.   Voluptuous pods, resembling fertile organs containing  living plants,  rest on inflated bedroom furniture frozen in a moment which could potentially become an  intimate experience. The homogeneous relationship between the pods cultivates seeds of the same material which litter the floor as newborns preparing for their own growth and reproduction. However empty; the follicles propose cyclical continuity of growth within an unorthodox content situated in an artificial environment. 
Other curiosities of antiquity may develop through the title of the piece as well as the pods within the room; such as the forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden.  Those similar feelings of prohibition may be applied to the concept of artwork in a gallery as a seen but not touched medium. 

Meta Stamen

Meta- meaning changed or beyond, prefixes Stamen, the pollen bearing part of a flower, to create a dynamic in the growth process of the structure.  The pollen sacs are raised on a fleshy sexual trunk emphasizing its desire to grow within its own form.  Desire, growth, and sexual transcendence are united in a plant-human combination.  This creates a hybrid androgynously charged sexual plant.  The androgyny of the hybrid is challenged by the testicular pollen sacs bearing growth or fruit, thus suggesting the stronger presence of male fertility.