André Romão
Gerador, 2019Electric generator, pollen of Acacia saligna and Acacia pycnantha65 × 45 × 45 cm (25 19⁄32 × 17 23⁄32 × 17 23⁄32 inches)
Gerador (2019), an electric generator pollinized by acacia flowers, a plant with an infesting root system, installed on the floor in the first room is counterbalanced by a 1:1 scale model of the first Portuguese satellite PoSAT-1, symbol of a sort of human “pollination” of the space, launched into orbit in 1993 and presently adrift, hanging from the ceiling in the second room. Metamorphoses are not free from conflicts and violence.