Once maintenance ends, subversion begins. Weeds are the horticultural equivalent of a zit. They represent a breakdown, either a failure or refusal to fight the perfunctory battle against entropy. One weed is a forgivable blemish. Overgrowth is hopeless abandon.
Overgrowth inside is the cultivation of abandonment, a rewriting of rules.
The celebration of failure. The predisposition of failure allows for experiment, expanding opportunity rather than narrowing the limits of possibility. An enduring conceptual and experimental influence on contemporary art, the Fluxus legacy is evident in attitude rather than specific interests or material orientations. Matelli's work is simpatico with the sensibility expressed in these words, spoken at one of the first Fluxus performance gatherings. Matelli relies on amalgamation, a seamless fascination with art and everyday life, a profound sense of the seriousness of play.