Josie King
Temporary Pleasures
Biomaterials are by nature temporary. They yearn to degrade. These installations celebrate this fragility, creating moments of joy and escape. Inspired by the 90s rave scene, the form harks back to a time of hedonism within nature and excitement for a new future.
Fresh grass cuttings with cellulose binder are sprayed in fine layers over an inflatable former. Once dry, the reusable former is removed, creating a hollow lightweight form. Highly degradable when wet, it can compost in a matter of weeks, returning nutrients back to the soil.
When our future on this planet is uncertain, we need moments of temporary pleasure, objects that live fast, die young and leave a good compostable corpse.
In the words of Prince ‘Life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant to last’.