Coral Sponges, 2018

Inspired by the fascinating biotope of corals, Coral Sponges (2018) are casted out of a mushroom coral, seated in their bath sponge and engined by a motor. They seem to enjoy themselves the most in dark rooms with black lights as those mushroom corals only feed themselves at night when their tentacles transform themselves in plankton hunting cress islands. Some species of mushroom coral are able to change sex. This happens in response to environmental or energetic constraints, and to improve the organism's evolutionary fitness.

Coral Sponges (2018) Material: motors, mechanics, shower sponges Dimension: 24 (h) x Ø 14 cm Technical engineer: Andreas Marckscheffel Photo credit: Trevor Llyoyd Text: Pauline Doutreluingne Commissioned by Galerie Wedding for Ziggy on the Land of Drunken Trees, 2018, curated by Solveig Heveg Ovesen and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung Exhibited at Ziggy goes Wild, 2019, Kunstverein Arnsberg, curated by Ursula Stroebele