Envisioned as a grooming kit for houseplants, Innatralis raises the question of our relationship to the living and the imagination coming from domesticated nature.

Singapore's tropical vegetation commands respect. In a city where everything grows naturally and powerfully, the constructions have learned to dialogue with the living, to be porous to the greenery, and to flirt with the wild. Typical of this climate, the semi-open architecture does not create a clear border with the outside. The interiors, more insulated, are often an extension of this vegetal domain where the domesticated versions of these tropical plants grow. But are they still elements of nature? What truly defines natural?

Human interaction and intervention on nature, particularly plants, is an ancestral debate. Innatralis contributes to this reflection by pushing the boundaries between pruning and grooming. Research carried out on several species of indoor plants has made it possible to define particular types of curling and design a set of tools dedicated to this practice. Between Asian bonsai tradition and consumerist drift, Innatralis questions our troubled relationship with the living by proposing a direct commitment to the service of the plant. A care activity for which we no longer know if the benefit is for the person who gives it or the plant that receives it.