This page gathers research-based essays published by the studio. The texts examine perception, materiality, and botanical subjects from a non-instructional and non-extractive perspective. They form part of the conceptual practice rather than commentary on specific works. New essays are published every four weeks.
The Ethics of Non-Extractive Looking
The act of looking is never neutral. What happens when plants are not looked at as resources, symbols, or scenery, but simply as themselves? This text proposes a mode of attention that neither consumes nor instructs. Perception becomes an ethical encounter that acknowledges presence without demanding use, meaning, or resolution.
Linen as Botanical Medium
Should we consider linen a neutral support for botanical material? This text inquires into how linen is in fact a charged medium with its own history, labour, and behaviour. Through absorption, tactility, and the recording of time, linen becomes an active collaborator that shapes how botanical subjects appear rather than simply displaying them.
Botanical Subjects and Their Contexts
Botanical imagery carries complex histories shaped by science, commercial interests, and extraction. This text asks what becomes visible when plants are not made to perform for knowledge or critique. It proposes a quieter mode of attention in which botanical subjects appear not as symbols, but as living forms encountered in their own right.