HOMUNCULARIUMS

Homuncularium Basiliscus is the first work in the Homunculariums series, initially activated at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, UK. The project takes the form of a ritual activation and short film documenting the im-plant-ation of queer reproductive body fluids donated by four anonymous participants. The procedure draws on a hybridised protocol merging the writings of Paracelsus with esoteric texts from the Museum’s Richel Collection. This techno-alchemical experiment invokes the speculative creation of a basilisk–human hybrid, utilizing fluids that resist reproductive normativity. The activation was performed under the lunar eclipse of March 2024 and remained installed in situ until December 31, 2024, as part of Arcanum Sanguinis: Occult Blood, a year-long curated exhibition by the artist. 

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Mooncalf Homuncularium is an activated in situ textile sculpture and ritual performance that engages the speculative creation of an alchemical in vitro body once termed a “homunculus.” Red string, evoking both umbilical cord and binding thread, is wound around an incubation structure into which bodily fluids are combined, staging a collective act of entanglement, possible generation, and biopolitical uncertainty. Drawing on the metaphor of Ariadne’s thread, the work frames the act of winding as a process of navigation—an attempt to move through and unravel the ethical labyrinths surrounding reproduction, authorship, and the construction of life.