2013-2018

Originally, Biosphere was an installation intended to be shown in an exhibition in the Botanical Garden of Amsterdam in 2012. However, when the exhibition was cancelled at the last moment, I saw no objection to finishing the installation anyway. Museums of natural history have always attracted me , I feel like a child in nature’s wondrous universe there.

In my view, the experiments carried out in several places around the world to imitate nature as a self-supporting mechanism in large glass isolations (such as the Biosphere in Arizona) are in line with these museums. With Biosphere I create my own biotope; with strong plants and organisms that can survive mankind.

(3X) ø 80 x 190 cm
Steel, glass, silicon hose, latex, pigments
In 2016 and 2018 extended with algae and butterflies

 A few examples of ‘plant relics’

      
                        Polyps                                                                Medlars                                                                                     Fungi

The first test set-ups and plant relics for Biosphere