Hilary
Galbreaith

UP . 26.02.2025

Animal, vegetal, mineral

Solo exhibition at Les 3CHA art center, Châteaugiron, 2024
Project in partnership with 40mcube art center, GENERATOR program
Production: Les 3CHA
Photos: Hilary Galbreaith

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral is a video installation that reconsiders the boundaries between living species and matter. Somewhere between experimental documentary, slapstick fiction and poetic reflection, the project proposes to use “plant thought” as a matrix, in order to displace our human subjectivity and point out its limits, but also its areas of commonality, with intelligences radically other than our own. The figures of the earthworm and AI stand out as liminal characters, living on the edge of well-defined, hierarchical taxonomies. The narrative is extended into space by paintings and tentacular textile sculptures.

Installation view of Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Would you still love me if I was a worm?, HD video projected on a custom screen built in the chimney of a 13th century castle keep, 2024

Lifting up from the ground (2024) et Yes No Maybe So (2023)

Lifting up from the ground, natural dye (madder), coton, 2024
Yes No Maybe So, Organic cotton, natural dye (madder), bleach, aluminiumoacetate, polyester padding and thread, 2023

Détail de Yes No Maybe So, Organic cotton, natural dye (madder), bleach, aluminiumoacetate, polyester padding and thread, 2023

Atrophied, found shoe, sock, second hand cotton, natural dye (blackberry brambles), aluminum acetate, reclaimed iron oxide, vinegar and latex, 2023

Worm girlfriend, collage, pigment, linseed oil on postcard, 2024

Detail of Bad Infinity, useable sculpture, cotton, linen, wool, natural dyes, polyester stuffing, polystyrene beads, thread, 2024
Detail of Bad Infinity, useable sculpture, cotton, linen, wool, natural dyes, polyester stuffing, polystyrene beads, thread, 2024
Detail of Bad Infinity, useable sculpture, cotton, linen, wool, natural dyes, polyester stuffing, polystyrene beads, thread, 2024
Detail of Bad Infinity, useable sculpture, cotton, linen, wool, natural dyes, polyester stuffing, polystyrene beads,
Detail of Bad Infinity, useable sculpture, cotton, linen, wool, natural dyes, polyester stuffing, polystyrene beads, thread, 2024
Past present future, organic cotton, natural dye (madder), bleach, aluminium acetate, polyester filling and thread, 2023
Impossible Flower #1 (Wet and drippy), 2024
pigment, linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024
Impossible Flower #2 (The expanding universe), 2024
pigment, linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024
Impossible Flower #3 (Appalachian grove), 2024
pigment, linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024
Impossible Flower #4 (Cascade NW by W), 2024
linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024
Impossible Flower #5 (Unseen worlds), 2024
linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024
Impossible Flower #6 (The secret like crazy), 2024
pigment, linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024
Bad Infinity Painting, 2024
pigment, linseed oil, medium and acrylic on stretcher, 50 x 60 cm, 2024