is the biological process which changes the cellular structure of a living creature, giving origin to a completely

different one: from caterpillar, to pupa, to butterfly. In ancient history, and in literature, metamorphosis described

the transformation of a human being into a natural entity, often an animal or a tree: Ulysses’ mates become

swines, Daphne, a laurel tree, Pier Della Vigna, a thorny bush, Gregor Samsa, a giant vermin. I represent

human beings who are appropriated, incorporated, or “used” by a humble natural object, such as a fern, grasses

or a contorted tree. Both humans and plants appear unaware of what is happening. We cannot even tell what

creature, if any, will emerge from their fusion. The process shown here is, therefore, the carrier of ambivalen

meanings and uncertain outcomes.