Hygiene & Other Surplus
Photographs by Matthew Genecov 
Aqua Breeder
Purell, spirulina, Drano, Parafilm, chitosan, aloe vera, air stone, blown glass, honey, persimmon juice, microcentrifuge tubes, shrunken glove, vinyl, milkweed, fish eye, polystyrene, kelp, printed photo of stingray birth, plastic grass, chitosan, epoxy, polyurethane, acrylic, aqua resin, found kelp, fishing tackle, fish guts, fish spine, eggshell, syringe, Gellywax, shrimp, pony fish, silica beads, turmeric 82”x 36” x 4" | 2019-2020


(detail)
Drano, fish, gellywax, aquarium tubing, resin
Drano, fish, gellywax, aquarium tubing, resin

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Polyurethane, aquarium tubing, wood pulp, vinyl, aqua resin, turmeric, UV polymers
Polyurethane, aquarium tubing, wood pulp, vinyl, aqua resin, turmeric, UV polymers

Mackerel, silica beads, salted fish, honey, aloe vera, persimmon jelly, netting, eggshell, microcentrifuge tubes, plastic grass, tubing, photograph of stingray birth, polystyrene pellets

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Fish spine, fishing tackle, hooks, shrimp, resin, aquaresin
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Purell & fish filled bag, Santa Monica kelp, silica beads, resin
Purell & fish filled bag, Santa Monica kelp, silica beads, resin



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Fish guts, fish scales, silica beads, salted fish, found kelp, shrimp, chitosan, Purell, ethanol, resin, aquaresin
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Found crab husk, resin, LED
Found crab husk, resin, LED

Sweet Endocrine
Split Mackerel, plastic netting, resin, plaster
14" x 5" x 6” | 2019


Pools
Avocado pit, silica beads,
turmeric, resin, ponyfish, wood, aqua resin, cardboard, paper pulp
12” x 12” x 2” | 2019
12” x 12” x 2” | 2019



Warm Isinglass
Chitosan, ponyfish, hydrogel, polyurethane, LED + driver
16" x 8" x 8"



Chitosan solution at opening

Dried chitosan bioplastic after 1 week
Freezer Ducts & Their Counterparts
Ponyfish, sardines, plastic blisters, seaweed,
foam, aqua resin, epoxy, latex, turmeric, avocado pit, recycled cellulose,
borax, tubing, polyurethane
22" x 68" x 6" | 2019
22" x 68" x 6" | 2019

^^^^^ Installation view

^^^^^^ (detail) Ponyfish embedded in resin, aqua resin, turmeric, avocado pit

^^^ (detail) ponyfish embedded in resin, pigment, drano, kelp, contact lens cases, borax crystals, aqua resin, aquarium paint, turmeric


^^^^ installation view
^^^ (detail) sardines embedded in resin,
aqua resin, tubing, Ponyfish
aqua resin, tubing, Ponyfish

(detial) Ponyfish embedded in resin
