The placenta is a living nourishing organ that accompanies the development of the child throughout its intrauterine life. After birth, the placenta is now considered organic waste.
Can a placenta container then be imagined as a transitory burial?
This container is a reference to the ancestral practice of the cairn. A cairn is an artificial pile of stone that marks paths, burial sites or commemorates important events. It is often referred to by its anthromorphic attributes. Inukshuk refers to a pile of stones erected by the Inuit and means “who has the ability to act like a human being”. The erection of these monuments remains, despite everything, a rather mysterious practice.
This burying container is a circular artificial eminence.
Made from a biodegradable protein material, this black stone will disappear layer by layer to become vegetal. The placenta will then act as an underground nutrient organ for a young plant.