Ana María Devis: Using Rot and Decay to Question What We Value
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Chiara Wilkinson
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This article examines the work of Colombian artist Ana María Devis, whose installations feature beds of rotting organic matter and jars of decay to explore themes of value, impermanence, and what society chooses to preserve or discard. The piece connects her artistic practice to broader cultural phenomena like "bed rotting" as a response to digital exhaustion, and questions how contemporary art reflects our relationship with time, mortality, and material worth.
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'Bed rotting' can be understood as voluntarily retreating to bed for hours at a time while awake, engaging in activities such as doomscrolling, streaming, eating and gaming
Contemporary art appears increasingly captivated by what the phenomenon reveals about our current cultural mood
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