The prac­ti­ce of Chantal van Rijt is dri­ven by expe­ri­men­ta­ti­on. Like a con­tem­po­ra­ry alche­mist, she dives into the mate­ri­al sto­ries of plants, ani­mals and other natu­ral sub­stan­ces. Inspired by researching his­to­ries and pos­si­ble futu­res, she often takes a sin­gle point and lets it unra­vel into an exten­ded lands­ca­pe. Her sub­jects are found in the orga­nic realm as well as in the cli­ni­cal crad­le of a labo­ra­to­ry. Protagonists that have made an appe­a­ran­ce in the work are wood­worms, the sun, the dead­ly taxus bac­ca­ta and the earsto­ne of a fish.