Ossiflora Electra
An eight-foot psychedelic machine-plant made from salvaged electronics, synthetic flowers, and persistence-of-vision LEDs.
May 8, 2026
installationsculpture
Ossiflora Electra is an eight-foot-tall assemblage sculpture made from salvaged and synthetic materials, including vintage pipe organ circuit boards, Ethernet cables, synthetic flowers, and stationary LEDs. Created for CONDU||T’s Emergence event, the piece was part of a larger world of technological plants: organic and machine-like lifeforms combining into something new, strange, and possibly sentient.
The sculpture was a collaboration between myself, a sculptural artist, and a floral artist. I contributed to the concept and narrative, helped source and prepare materials, and led the lighting design and LED effects.
The piece was imagined as an artifact that had been found rather than made: a psychedelic machine-plant discovered in the wild. Unlike a traditional psychedelic plant, Ossiflora Elecktra does not need to be consumed in order to alter perception. Its effect comes from looking at it over time. The LEDs use persistence of vision, a perceptual effect in which separate points of light can appear to form an image when they pass across the eye quickly enough. In this piece, the lights remain stationary; the image is revealed only when the viewer’s own eyes or head move across them. Through that movement, a hidden message appears: “WHO AM I?”
The sculpture was a collaboration between myself, a sculptural artist, and a floral artist. I contributed to the concept and narrative, helped source and prepare materials, and led the lighting design and LED effects.
The piece was imagined as an artifact that had been found rather than made: a psychedelic machine-plant discovered in the wild. Unlike a traditional psychedelic plant, Ossiflora Elecktra does not need to be consumed in order to alter perception. Its effect comes from looking at it over time. The LEDs use persistence of vision, a perceptual effect in which separate points of light can appear to form an image when they pass across the eye quickly enough. In this piece, the lights remain stationary; the image is revealed only when the viewer’s own eyes or head move across them. Through that movement, a hidden message appears: “WHO AM I?”
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This work is available for gallery exhibitions, festivals, and private events.
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