the Batteryzoic

translated with deepL traduction fossils in full health

battery eaters

I’ve forgotten how long they’ve been sleeping at the bottom of an old cardboard box on the top shelf. The thickness of the dust, the patina of the wires and above all the green and red LEDs: all signs of a great age. At the time, I could only find these two colours in the shops. A detail that allows me to date my discovery of the “Batteryzoic”.

From the English “Battery” and the Greek “zôikos” (animal), the Batteryzoic is a technological age of my own. Still a beginner, I use all sorts of batteries for The Ball as well as for my little sculptures. Many of them look like insects with two wires - two antennae - connected to a suitable battery.

The Saturday I discovered the cat was almost out of kibble. So I popped into the shop to buy a large ration of fresh batteries for the ancestors and some croqettes for the fauvinet. The fossils seem to be in good shape despite their age. Since the 90s, these primitive Luchrones have devoured fewer batteries than you’d expect. In fact, they are sensitive to light and only come to life in the evening twilight for a limited number of cycles.

We know that fossils are robust, but some are less so than others. Who still has a usable computer from 1992 at home? Well, yes! I’m very proud of the enduring vigour of my early sketches.

Batteryzoic presented a fairly complete world, because I had also created some kinds of plants - with more peaceful light rhythms - which also grew on batteries.

Those days are long gone. The USB mobile phone cable has replaced batteries.

The current epoch is USBcene which replaced the Batteryzoic.