The Secret Kiss

‘The Secret Kiss’ stems from Ezaoui's love of observing the non-human world of the soil. After studying the biology of the soil, she began creating a body of work where the micro-fauna of the soil became the subjects of theatrical scenes, games, and skewed scientific tables questioning the limitations of our anthropocentric understanding of the ecosystem. These two worms are symbols of the multitude of worlds that exist at once. Just below our feet, in the soil, the activity is thousands of times more active than that above the soil level. Cation exchange, mutilation, decay, growth, the bacterias, the fungi, the protozoa, and the animals eat, reproduce, and die constantly. These worms are gently dancing, kissing, and courting under the gaze of the human eye—an interested eye or a wandering gaze hoping to grow empathy for the non-human world that we totally depend on.