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In 1578 a labyrinth of underground burials was discovered in Rome that contained the remains of thousands of individuals that were claimed to be early Christian martyrs. The bones were disinterred and sent to many Catholic churches to replace holy relics that had been destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. Artisan Nuns reassembled the fake saints and encrusted them with gold and jewels. Ratacombs was a curatorial project exhibiting Saint's RAT ART in the cave under their kitchen. Selected works from the project include:

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The Relics were three jars containing the bodies of Saint's five deceased rats. Adorned, bejewelled and their bodies long preserved, have settled in comfortable positions at the bottom of the putrefying golden liquid. After often long periods of rest in the freezer, The Rats are defrosted with their sibling and injected with ethanol in the head, heart stomach and back. 

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One Of These Shits Is Not Like The Other One Of These Shits Says I’m A Bad Mother is another jarred piece. Following the death of a rat that struggled with socialisation due to poor living conditions in its early life, Saint dedicatedly and methodically collected all of the faeces in the room when The Rat died unexpectedly. It was only after the fact that Saint was able to recognise the significance of the excrement. Rats communicate with each other through their excrement, sniffing or eating out the secret messages contained within them. The Rat did not indicate to Saint that he was unwell but must have left messages of his pain behind for the other rats. The revelation that Saint hadn’t done enough for The Rat was expelled and entrapped in the jar with the rest of the shit. The significance of the excrement continues in relation to the method of making homunculi. The artist questions, 

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Perhaps this behaviour is instinctual Divine knowledge accessed

when attempting to bring life to the inanimate?

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