2025, (fabric, 5 ft across). Composite invites you to imagine a being in formation, part human, part forest, a hybrid of plant and animal. It asks how we, as humans, connect and align with the vegetal world. We share cellular structures and circulatory systems, yet experience our environments in profoundly different ways. How might humans understand roots, or plants experience sight or touch? This work speculates on what such a being might become upon reaching maturity. (available for display)