Symbiotic Structures [SymS]
Makerversity, Somerset House 2025
Symbiotic Structures (SymS) is a series of living, durational sculptural works developed during a Makerversity residency at Somerset House. The project builds on the artists ongoing research into material transformation, ecological systems, and more-than-human relations, challenging the idea of sculpture as a static, self-contained object. Instead, the works operate as open systems that are responsive, porous, and shaped over time through environmental interaction
The sculptures are fabricated using an experimental bioreceptive composite incorporating industrial waste by-products. Designed to host mosses, lichens, and plant life, they function as intentional habitats rather than inert forms. Growth, weathering, and decay are integral to the work, positioning sculpture as a living interface between built environments and biological processes
Situated at the intersection of art, architecture, urban practice, and material research, SymS speculates on how sculptural structures might contribute to more regenerative urban ecologies. The forms evoke paleolithic fragments and totemic presences, recalling the earliest tools and monuments while resisting the solidity and permanence traditionally associated with monumentality. Rather than asserting dominance within space, the works propose sculpture as a site of care, interdependence, and ongoing negotiation between human and more-than-human systems
Developed through material R&D, prototyping, and interdisciplinary dialogue as part of Makerversity’s Makers With A Mission programme, Symbiotic Structures frames regeneration as both a material process and an ethical position. The project asks how future urban environments might be shaped by practices of repair and coexistence, and how sculptural systems could operate as living contributors within ecological and social landscapes
Makerversity, Somerset House 2025
Symbiotic Structures (SymS) is a series of living, durational sculptural works developed during a Makerversity residency at Somerset House. The project builds on the artists ongoing research into material transformation, ecological systems, and more-than-human relations, challenging the idea of sculpture as a static, self-contained object. Instead, the works operate as open systems that are responsive, porous, and shaped over time through environmental interaction
The sculptures are fabricated using an experimental bioreceptive composite incorporating industrial waste by-products. Designed to host mosses, lichens, and plant life, they function as intentional habitats rather than inert forms. Growth, weathering, and decay are integral to the work, positioning sculpture as a living interface between built environments and biological processes
Situated at the intersection of art, architecture, urban practice, and material research, SymS speculates on how sculptural structures might contribute to more regenerative urban ecologies. The forms evoke paleolithic fragments and totemic presences, recalling the earliest tools and monuments while resisting the solidity and permanence traditionally associated with monumentality. Rather than asserting dominance within space, the works propose sculpture as a site of care, interdependence, and ongoing negotiation between human and more-than-human systems
Developed through material R&D, prototyping, and interdisciplinary dialogue as part of Makerversity’s Makers With A Mission programme, Symbiotic Structures frames regeneration as both a material process and an ethical position. The project asks how future urban environments might be shaped by practices of repair and coexistence, and how sculptural systems could operate as living contributors within ecological and social landscapes
