I started this series based on my sorrow about the almost inevitable loss of the coral reefs. The notion of not being able to protect this amazingly rich underwater jungle nor to share that wonder of life with future generations breaks my heart.
Playing around with some flowers in an underwater setting, I realized how they turned into stunning creature-like beings. I started dreaming a new future where the reefs are supported by plants returning back into water, contributing to a new form of underwater life.
That’s how I turned my grief into this ongoing art project.
I am still full of awe about this unfamiliar yet impressive beauty.
I see tentacles outstretched, tongues and jaws, semi-transparent fins and so on.
One plant reminds me of that moment within the „never-ending story“, where Bastian saves „Phantasien“ and creates a whole new world, and everything starts to grow from scratch. And I thought about humanity acting like the „nothingness“ in this book.
I thought about nature evolving like it always does. I thought about our connection to the natural world and a needed shift of consciousness, culture and myth that Joseph Campell described so brilliantly…
