Mouse Burrow and Submarine Landfill 

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2022
Mixed media, taxidermy

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Inspired by Mark Dion’s dioramas such as Landfill (1999-2000) and Paris Streetscape (2017), Submarine Landfill and Mouse Burrow reinterpret the traditional ecological dioramas used by museums to show idyllic natural habitats. Here the environment is completely polluted with plastic waste and the animals seek to survive through adaptation, highlighting plastic’s short-term use compared to its long-term existence and impact on animals and the environment. “Dion renews the diorama as a form of presentation and enriches it with contemporary themes such as consumerist behaviour and environmental pollution” (e-flux, 2017).