Hybrid Insects is exploration of cross-species entanglement, identity, and the aesthetic and ethical implications of biotechnologies. The series comprises of comprising seven moth-like insect assemblages that reflect the artist's direct experience with co-culturing Saos-2 human bone cancer and SF9 insect cells, highlighting the layered relationships between species and the evolving nature of biological life.

This series comments on the human impulse to cross boundaries in the name of exploration, be it scientific or artistic. By merging images of human and insect cells onto wings and marking the bodies with cell-based pigments, the work blurs the line between observation and intervention, acknowledging both the fascination and ethical complexity inherent in manipulating living material. In doing so, Hybrid Insects invites a reconsideration of where one organism ends and another begins, evoking thoughts about co-existence, the shared substrate of life, and the new aesthetics forged in the spaces between species.

This work sits within the Absence of Alice series, reflecting on how biotechnological interventions blur the boundaries between species and highlight the shared materiality of life. It prompts viewers to contemplate how these scientific manipulations challenge notions of purity and identity, questioning the ethics and implications of merging cells from different species. The assemblages resonate with philosophical concepts of becoming and interconnectedness, as they embody a process where human and insect life coexist and co-evolve, creating an aesthetic and reflective space for reconsidering the intersections of life, art, and biotechnology.