The Burren region of Ireland offers an environment rich with growing things enmeshed in a push-pull coexistence with thousands of years of densely-layered human history. Thick brambles grow out of stone walls which have been repurposed from old buildings – themselves made of older walls – while the roofs of abandoned homes become forests.
Utility poles stand as an essential symbol of human achievement, communicating that modern civilization exists in a place, but here they are as much scaffolds for vines and lichens as they are supports for technology. In turn, these plants continue the form of the poles as they deteriorate over time. This tension between the natural and built environments resembles our deepest relationships: two independent selves transformed into a third being.