Matthew C. Wilson

Sculptural Works

Unitary Paradigm(s)

Unitary Paradigm(s)

· 2026 · raw flint from Charles Darwin’s home, bitumen of Judea inside of centrifuge vials, glass flow cell, UV photochemical prints on paper of “The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man” by Friedrich Engels (written 1876/published 1896)

Tool-use, language, image-making, energy, the history of the discourse of evolution, and deep time tied into one knot

Disarticulation Tool

Disarticulation Tool

· 2022 · Flint from Charles Darwin’s home worked into a Paleolithic-style hand axe

Factitious Reservoirs

Factitious Reservoirs

· 2022 · simulated brines in centrifuge vials, pure silicon, videos, LED lights, electrical cords

Factitious Earths

Factitious Earths

· 2019 · Infused aluminum prints of scanning electron microscope images of the factitious earths experiment, glass vial with platinum capsule from the experiment, glass vial with the experiment's geochemical starting mixture

Panspermia

Panspermia

· 2018 · ambient algae colony, volcanic stone, plastic container, LED panel light, steel

Metabolization Sequence: Everything will be digested

Metabolization Sequence: Everything will be digested

· 2017 · materials collected from Schöningen pre-Homo sapiens archeological excavation, the open-cast coal mine within which the archeological site is located, and a neighboring exhausted and backfilled coal mine

A cosmic serpent of the Anthropocene

The Poisoner’s Workbench

The Poisoner’s Workbench

· 2009 · wood glue mixed with Passiflora incarnata decoction, wood glue mixed with Nicotiana rustica decoction, wood glue mixed with Uncaria tomentosa decoction, wood glue jugs, tubing, brass fixtures, mason jars, steel pot with tobacco decoction, Nicotiana rustica bundle, Ilex guayusa wreath, knife, MDF, wood, acrylic paint, enamel paint