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This project explores the disconnect between everyday waste and the ecological harm our ignorance to it causes, using fish deaths from water contamination as a site of confrontation. Through a two-part system, ritual care at the river and a surreal memorial embedded in public toilets, it reimagines how we respond to nonhuman death. By merging post-mortem practice with infrastructure, the work invites users to come into physical, ethical contact with the bodies affected by their waste, proposing a speculative framework for mourning, respect, and responsibility.
The washing device is dipped into the water to retrieve the dead fish.
Skin and head are extracted from the fish on-site before being stitched up and buried
Cast of the retrieved fish’s head hangs in the toilet
A toilet brush is covered in the retrieved fish’s skin
A covering made from the retrieved fish’s skin and fin is placed over the flush handle