M³

Continuing to be fascinated by factory spaces and machines that process and produce driven by humans, Mie Bogaerts translates this into moving creatures that absorb and pass on food to create their figures. Food here is metaphor for inspiration. Figures arise here not purely by chance but by cleverly connecting time and space. A feat of daring.

At the same time, we should be wary of the risk that the earth is still too often seen as one big mechanical structure, driven by deaf-mute forces, as Descartes (1595-1650) saw it. Does the earth still count too much for us humans as something that belongs to us?