Mimicry is an artwork that explores the hybridization of plants and insects through the lens of AI. It imagines fantastical hybrid creatures born from horizontal gene transfer, having at its core the exploration of new evolutionary strategies, such as exaptation and mimicry, for a planet in ecological transformation. These "impossible creatures," though speculative, are grounded in real biological logic: forms devised in response to the pressures of a changing planet, carrying traits from both the plant and insect kingdoms.

Expanding our research for physical mediums, for this piece we created Mimicry .specimens: a version that takes the form of three small screens mounted directly on the wall, each running a looping video and each focused on a different biome. Here the work narrows its focus to the insects themselves, setting aside the scientific research behind the piece to concentrate purely on the creatures: their bodies caught mid-transformation, suspended against a black background.

The hardware was designed around a specific gesture: getting close. Each screen is a compact 4" display paired with its own small speaker, deliberately scaled down so the viewer has to lean in, the way one does to observe a small insect specimen. Each piece carries its own soundtrack, so the sound changes as the viewer moves from one to the next, reinforcing the sense of encountering three distinct, self-contained specimens rather than a single continuous work.