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Testimonium (Witness) is about the scars we carry with us in our lifetime. One of the scars is healing well, while the main scar has stitches coming apart and is getting infected because some scars just cannot heal.
ELICIUM VITAM
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Eliciunt Vitam (Extract Life) shows a tarantula wasp pinned together with a tarantula to explore the cruelty of the natural world, keeping in mind that it is by necessity. In contrast, our human cruelty is inflicted freely. The tarantula wasp paralyzes its prey, thus keeping it alive while it lays its eggs inside the spider, giving her babies fresh food for their start in life. It is a metaphor for how we treat and demonize each other to achieve our own gains.