Inflorescences
Inflorescences by Sabrina Ratté imagines a world without people, where new life has grown from the remains of our digital age.
In this installation, flower- and fungus-like forms emerge from broken electronic devices. Old laptops, screens, and wires are no longer waste—they become the base for strange new beings. Ratté used 3D scanners to capture these discarded objects and animation software to turn them into surreal, living shapes. She also used a video synthesizer—a tool that creates moving digital images—to generate organic-looking but artificial forms. The sculptures that go with the videos are made from real e-waste, lit by screens and lights that make them feel alive. Inflorescences shows that even discarded objects can start new ecosystems, raising questions about what might grow from the traces we leave behind.
