A Religious Mating is a socially critical piece investigating the reproductive phenomenon of an insect species known as the praying mantis. Nano and Leila researched its mating and identified movement patterns and behaviors that can be translated and compared to those of human species and structures. The mantis' copulation is the inspiration for this work, which proposes a critique of gender roles and the lack of representation of women within heteropatriarchal structures.

Nano Luque & Leila Patzies in A Religious Mating

This is one of the few reproductive events within the animal kingdom that focuses on the welfare and needs of the female, rather than the male. In a world such as ours, which dispenses of the female exemplar, being a praying mantis is not only a statement but a duty.

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