Ornament & Crime questions the representation of nature as ornamental, by exploring the aesthetics of its (deep) ecology. The 3d renderings represent non-ornamental, (or even unwanted and "filthy") species of animals that are part of the western diet, in unexpected luxuourious domestic settings. These spaces are decorated with pastel naturalistic motifs, and pink exotic plants, in an harmonious combination with the animal's skin texture.

The title of the work comments on the text with the same name by Aldof Loos, in which the author sustains ornaments should be banished from all architecture and objects. Ornament would be a sign of moral degeneration, for ex.: present in the tatoos of imprisioned criminals.

However, we don't believe tatoos are related to criminal activity - except when they are done without consent, and for exploitative purposes. Most animals we consume are tattooed as a means of identificatifying their bodies in the capitalist system. Westerners hardly ever think about the bodies of the animals consumed, because it's more and more uncommon to see them in their full living bodily existence. The phenomenological experience humans have on these animalss reduced to their commodified parts in the fridge, the barbecue, or the dish.

These efabulated images seek to create an ironic outlook on ornament, while provoking a reflexion on the aesthetics of nature. We believe that the way we historically represented nature in has present consequences on the way we, as a society, address ecological matters, such as the sustainability and ethics of natural resources management.