If 'the fruit of the tree' is the knowledge of good and evil, then "Eating Out" can be interpreted as the ethical debate in the public domain. Our 'fruit-objects' are symbols for cultural influences and inspirations in that debate.

Baha'u'llah wrote that human beings are all 'the fruits of one tree,' using the tree with its branches and fruits as a symbol for the unity and diversity of the human race. So our distinctive 'fruits' symbolise diverse cultural expressions. The small lamp-shaped object containing 8 small round gold mirrors refers to China. The I Ching yin/yang symbols are drawn onto each mirror: together they form one hexagram, but which depends on your point of view. Another object is much larger, like an organically rounded dinner plate. It bears two texts which cross diagonally. The text from the Old Testament refers to a river running out of the Garden of Eden and continually dividing, while the New Testament text refers to people being chosen from all parts of the world. Other objects have more decorative surfaces: the 'Islamic-inspired' one is full of tiny silver objects, while the 'DNA-inspired' object contains swirls of coloured thread and the New Zealand Maori-inspired object bears delicately woven baskets of knowledge.


The text here comes from the Old Testament:
"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads"
and the New Testament:
"And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds"

• More jointly made work by Sen + Sonja
• Fruit, six hang cast resin forms, 2006.
• Nga Hau e Wha (The Four Winds/Breaths), metal sculpture, 2004.
• Generating Plant, custom-made birdhouse form, 2004.
• The Wedding, intervention/installation during the 9 Dragonheads festival, 2004.
• Inland Soul at Sea, 19 hanging forms, 2003.
• Colonising Oxford, performances and installations on the streets, 2002.
• Fruits of the Earth, installation/intervention, 2003.
• With fire we test the gold and with gold we test our servants, wooden sculpture at a Sculpture Symposium in a park in Northern Romania, 2003.
• Parking Spaces for Important Visitors, relief painted panels, 2001.
• Inspiration, paintings on shaped canvas laid on the floor, 2001.
• Just pour les oiseaux (Strictly for the birds), installations and performances during a walk through a forest setting led by a guide, 2001.
• Onder vier ogen (Between you and me) , mask-forms hung on trees, with texts and images in the orifices, 2001.
• Dans le jardin des beaux arts, 19 snail forms, (in various locations), 2000-2006.
• The Living Creature, performances in a rose garden in a public park in London, 1999.
• Change is a Law of Nature, 1996, performances on the streets, in Hull and London, U.K. (repeated in other locations in 2001, 2002, and 2004).
• Memorials, ceramic tiles laid into the earth, 1996-2001.
• Te Koru Iwa, fire drawing at the Oerol Arts Festival, The Netherlands, 1996.
• Letters van de Levende :: Letters of the Living, 19 batiked flags, 1996.