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THE END OF EATING EVERYTHING


THE END OF EATING EVERYTHING

The End of eating Everything is a visual fable of excess and collapse. A monstrous airborne creature—part woman, part carrion bird—devours swarms of flying creatures as her body swells, decomposes, and implodes in an endless loop of consumption. Played by Santigold, she is both agent and symptom of excess. Mutu stages an allegory of environmental crisis, linking consumption desire to destruction. The creature’s limbs morph into tentacles, her body becomes unstable—a grotesque cycle of insatiable hunger. The dense soundscape—breathing, animal cries, mechanical drones—immerses the viewer in a planetary lament. Originally made as a response to ecological and social devastation, the work becomes a reflection on what remains when desire overrides preservation. Her collapse becomes a metaphor for collective denial: a refusal to change until change becomes irreversible. The video becomes a call to recognize that our natural, cultural and urban environments are fragile and must be protected.




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