Weareone series
THE KISS (2021)
Digital photography on ultraglass paper, under transparent methacrylate, 70 cm Ø (2 pieces)
Human mouth microbiota before and after kissing.
Each interaction changes us, enriches us and connects us on unimaginable scales. In a single kiss, we exchange millions of microorganisms.
The Kiss records the microbial traces present in saliva collected before and after kissing. The resulting cultures reveal the transformations produced through intimate contact, making visible the invisible exchanges that take place between bodies.
“The concept of ‘we’ transcends the physical act of the kiss to become a community beyond our human form, once again representing different modes of existence. Therefore, between your body and mine, universes of life expand, emerging on the surface of the visible.”
Johanna Caplliure, art curator
Acquired by Alicante City Council for its Municipal Contemporary Art Collection.