Description
Corpus Hominis is a contemporary artwork by Federica Sutti, aka Fè, that reflects on the relationship between the sacred, the human body, and environmental pollution. The artist creates a series of hosts following the traditional recipe of the Catholic rite, but “enriched” with a blend of micro and macroplastics.
In the Christian religion, the host represents Corpus Christi, the body of Christ. In this symbolic reinterpretation, the work subverts the original meaning: the host becomes a metaphor for the human body contaminated by the plastic waste it itself produces.
Through a provocative, pop-conceptual language, Corpus Hominis invites reflection on the relationship between faith, matter, and collective responsibility. Microplastics, now present in every part of the body—from the lungs to the blood, from the placenta to breast milk—become a tangible sign of the contemporary ecological crisis and the loss of purity of the “sacred.”
This work is part of the research path dedicated to art and environmental sustainability, posing an urgent question: how much of our progress has compromised our very nature?
