Sympoiesis 2019 35cmX25cm photography by Sylvain Deleu

Sympoiesis 2019 20cmX15cm photography by Sylvain Deleu

Sympoiesis is a simple word; it means “making-with.” Nothing makes
itself; nothing is really autopoietic or self-organizing
— Donna Haraway

These pieces are made of various clay bodies, yeast, willow, spiders, and, alliums, mould, moss, and mycelium. They are both growing and regenerating while they deteriorate. They are microcosmic examples of collaborative survival and the tensions and frictions in “making-with”.

Sympoiesis 2019 35cmX30cm photography by Sylvain Deleu

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