The Third Nature

The Third Nature explores how synthetic materials may become part of future geological landscapes.

Inspired by plastiglomerates, stones formed when molten plastic fuses with natural rock, the installation imagines a future archaeology in which the distinction between natural and artificial matter has become unstable.

Plastic beads embedded within lava rock expand under heat, producing growths that resemble barnacles, coral, or mineral accretions. These formations emerge through material processes rather than direct sculptural control.

Scattered among unaltered stones, the hybrid objects resist clear identification. They appear neither fully natural nor fully artificial, but as new material entities formed through the gradual accumulation of human traces.

The work considers what remains when synthetic matter settles into geological time and becomes part of the landscape itself.

Materials
Lava rock, river stones, fuse beads, sculpture foam, adhesive, moss, mulch, and branches

2026