YOUR PERSONAL BIOSPHERE

ZBIGNIEW OKSIUTA

In this work the artist imagines taking a small patch of farmland from his childhood and rolling it into his own personal cocoon. In this maximally condensed inverted spherical garden a community of organisms, similar to the plants, animals and people of his grandfather’s land will live together in his own personal biosphere. The artist imagines that this unique transparent sphere could be a part of our bodies. It will grow, develop and bloom with us. It is beautiful when young, but it will become old like its owners and eventually dry and wrinkle.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Zbigniew Oksiuta is an artist, architect and scientist born in Mulawicze, Poland. He studied architecture at The Warsaw Polytechnic. Zbigniew Oksiuta is a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.