Chambre Climatique

2024

Glass, PLA, mycelium, plant, soil, water, light, heat

240 x 200 x 200 cm

Through the glass of the Chambre Climatique (French for “climatic chamber”), there is a garden where ferns, soil, mycelium, and PLA sculptures merge. This piece is about matter, preservation, and time, exploring how shapes endure and transform. Within this controlled environment, synthetic PLA molecules decompose slowly, merging with the soil that nourishes the mycelium and the ferns.

Ferns possess a unique characteristic: they are the only group of plants where every species that has ever appeared on Earth still exists today. Imagine a world where mammoths, elephants, and every intermediate species coexisted—this is the timeless presence of the fern. While the PLA forms decay and ultimately dissolve, becoming something other, the ferns persist. They cycle through death and rebirth, endlessly preserving their defined shape.