Dormant Spell (2025)
Performance / installation
Moss and mycelium of Pleurotus ostreatus
Galerie Filles du Calvaire. Paris, France
As part of Être collectif — De la convivialité par nature

Dormant Spell is inspired by passive rewilding and winter flora,​ bringing together plants and fungi to form a self-sustaining ecosystem.​ During the vernissage, I activated the work through a three-hour​ performance, integrating my body into the installation as if​ overtaken by natural elements after a prolonged sleep. The action​ explored nature’s capacity to reclaim territory once human intervention​ ceases, as well as parasitic growth processes such as haustoria.
Following the performance, the installation continued to evolve​ around the absent imprint of my body, shaped by time and the​ gradual return of nature. Moss became the site of a discreet ecosystem,​ giving birth to fungi and small invertebrates and revealing the​ resilience, vitality, and adaptive force of living systems​.

Makeup: Louisa Trapier
photography: Flaminia Reposi / Nicolas Brasseur