Tinder fungus is a parasite that infects deciduous trees. It draws nutrients from its living host while gradually weakening and consuming it. The sculpture Parasit explores this quiet exercise of power and shapes our understanding of parasitism. Its surface is covered with strips of amadou, which reveal the material’s natural variations in quality and thickness, along with the tiny holes and imperfections left by insects and worms that once inhabited the fruiting body. Each strip carries traces both from the forest and from the artist’s hand.

Amadou, birch

2025