Extinction Without Ever Existing: Homo Derelictus Retextus, 2024
Derelictus: From the Latin "relinquere" (to abandon), the past participle form meaning 'abandoned' or 'forsaken'.
Retextus: Derived from Latin "re-" (again, re-) and "textus" (tissue, fabric, structure), connoting 'reconstructed' or 'rewoven'.
Extinction Without Ever Existing
Photographic composition of a layered anatomical montage using discarded stuffed animals and skull models, diasec mount
106.3 × 102.4 in / 270 × 260 cm
Homo Derelictus Retextus: Case Study of Speculative Reconstruction No. 1-2
Reconstructed stuffed animal parts and skull replicas retrieved from the waste stream through anatomical inference
55.9 × 39.4 × 16.5 in / 142 × 100 × 42 cm
Homo Derelictus Retextus: Composite Anatomical Montage No. 1-A, No. 2-E
Photographic composition of a layered anatomical montage using discarded stuffed animals and skull models, diasec mount
106.3 × 76.4 in / 270 × 194 cm
Stuffed animals created as a product based on Homo Derelictus Retextus
Discarded stuffed animals, retrieved from the waste stream at RAIR, located within a construction and demolition recycling facility in Northeast Philadelphia.