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Through her new works, Sandra Mujinga examines the bioaccumulating earthworms of Lubumbashi and imagines a speculative future in which they grow large enough that rodents can no longer consume them. In this context, their increased size serves as protection, preventing accumulated toxins from moving further up the food chain.
Created as dimensional character studies for a film project, these earthworms become guardians outside the mines. Inspired by local tales of snakes and their prominent presence at mining sites, Mujinga explores how a food chain changes when earthworms evolve and develop a high tolerance for metal.
The human-made metal armatures support fabric bodies that have been touched by many people along the way. They reveal how we exist within an interconnected network.
These earthworms embody a resilient symbiosis with toxic landscapes and transform environmental contamination into a shared, interconnected future.
