Metabolic Rift, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7
2023
3 drawings, pencil on paper, B5 format
printed in the magazine Akademix in 2023
1 drawing, pencil on paper, A1 format
100 offset reprints at a scale of 1:1


With these four illustrations, Tomáš Uhnák and I continue to produce artwork based on the theme of Metabolic Rift. In the first two drawings, we attempt to highlight the social and economic impacts of this phenomenon. The third illustration explores possible alternative forms of distributing nutrients within the framework of our advanced liberal capitalist societies. The fourth then points to the historical background behind the origin of this wholly negative ecological situation. In terms of form, the drawings walk a fine line between serious scientific illustration and satirical cartoons from the second half of the nineteenth century.

photo: artist’s archive and Tomáš Souček