Paris-based designer Mathilde Roussel has created the stunning sculptures ‘Lives of Grass’ that show the effects of transformation of the material as a metaphor of the transformation of the body. Time sculpts the forms, makes them change and then decay. The natural world, ingested as food becomes a component of human being. What is even better is the luscious green grass reminds us of drinking Pernod Absinthe in the sun!
Roussel’s sculptures strive to show that food, it’s origin, it’s transport, has an impact on us beyond it’s taste. The power inside it affects every organ of our body. Observing nature and being aware of what and how we eat might make us more sensitive to food cycles in the world – of abundance, of famine – and allows us to be physically, intellectually and spiritually connected to a global reality.
In the natural world, ingested food becomes a component of human being. These anthropomorphic and organic bodies made of earth strive to show that food, and its nutrients have an impact on us beyond our direct perception. The power inside it affects every organ of our body. Observing nature and being aware of what and how we eat might make us more sensitive to food cycles in the world — of abundance, of famine – and allows us to be physically, intellectually and spiritually connected to a global reality.
