Title

Entangled Beings: A Symbiotic Reflection from Echo to (?) Essence

Creator

Neila, Alexandra

Abstract

Entangled Beings Symbiotic Portraits is a triptych reflecting the complex relationship between humanity and nature. Each piece serves a distinct purpose: one represents the anthropocentric worldview through fragmented facial features. The second celebrates the non-human world, using natural elements and living organisms like wild-type Aspergillus nidulans, a fungus chosen for its visual transformation when genetically altered, to explore nature’s agency and beauty. The central echo-essence piece acts as a point of convergence, where human and non-human elements meet, symbolizing entanglement, mutual transformation, and the blurred boundaries of our shared existence. There is a drawn woman decorated with a flower and the same fungus – genetically modified – who has lost its color due to the “human touch”.

Keywords

Entanglement

Anthropocentrism

Bioart

Subject

interdisciplinary

Date Available

May 23, 2025

Type

Painting

Course

HFP/HHU 2222 Fluid Bodies in Contemporary Art

Course Offering Term

Spring Semester 2025

Instructor

Filippaki, Iro

Session

Honors Creative Projects

Location

Student Lounge

Event

Year 2025 | 9th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium