Iona Rose Wheeler

Figwasp is a short film about the symbiosis of a fig and a wasp, as represented by two people. Through the fig allegory and film medium, this project explores the male consumption of lesbians and queer women. Figs are germinated by a brand of bug called figwasps. The wasp climbs into a green fig and gets stuck. The fig feeds on the wasp’s body, using its enzymes to grow. By the time that the fig is ripe, the wasp is indistinguishable from the fruit’s flesh. The fig and the wasp are now one. You, the viewer, are invited into the fig, cosy and claustrophobic.