Installation photo by Allan Kosmajac courtesy of YYZ Artists’ Outlet

Photo by Allan Kosmajac courtesy of YYZ Artists’ Outlet

Photo by Allan Kosmajac courtesy of YYZ Artists’ Outlet

Photo by Allan Kosmajac courtesy of YYZ Artists’ Outlet

Photo by Allan Kosmajac courtesy of YYZ Artists’ Outlet

Photo by Allan Kosmajac courtesy of YYZ Artists’ Outlet

2020 – 2022

During the pandemic lockdown, I saved seeds from the fruits I ate and leftover bones from my everyday meals. 

To pass the time, I sprouted the seeds, mostly apples and some peaches, oranges, pears, and cherries. At first, they seemed to grow well, but soon, many started to wither away and die. So I decided to take a picture of them using a Polaroid camera before they perished.

Although I tried my best to clean, disinfect, and deodorize the leftover bones by boiling them and putting them in hydrogen peroxide, I could still detect the decaying odour, probably the phantom smell. I tried to hide this phantom smell by covering some bones with graphite powder. 

At the exhibition, “Certain Things from Uncertain Moments,” at YYZ Artists’ Outlet in Toronto, I put fruit seeds, sprouting plants, alive plants, dying plants, and photos of dead plants alongside the bones.