This work started in the Colombian rainforest of Mocoa, by exploring the hidden vitality of a fallen tree through long-exposure photography at night, where Ganoderma mushrooms and surrounding plants formed part of a living network. The work shows an abandoned trunk, a former home to amazonian bees. Through a process of mutual learning between local communities and a Peruvian entrepreneur dedicated to bee conservation, ancestral knowledge, lived experience, and scientific research have contributed to the development of beehive designs that better support the wellbeing of the bees. Against the backdrop of this interplay between science and ancestral knowledge, our object takes on aspects of mutual symbiosis among flora, fauna, and human knowledge systems. On acrylic lenses, the trunk displays illuminated phrases drawn from Kamëntsá philosophy and scientific literature.

Phrases: «We are making up our own reality. – Juafsnán almå cham Jebionanán Bonshán catatoy Fshants (Open the soul's eyes for the mutual love of earth). – Symbiotic relationships are formed in times of crises. – Mor ntsec inye jtsajabótan jajen jenan uabongonjuanan catatoy (Now is the time when me most need to sow reciprocal harmony).»