Aqua Vivarium: Life and Mortality in Underwater Art Anna

Aqua Vivarium: Life and Mortality in Underwater Art AnnaThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct

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I met one such apprentice who started making a simple clay cup when he was just 15 years old

and temporal flow

each named after a stage in a salmon's life cycle

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Unique archival pigment print on bamboo conservation paper finished with a museum varnish

which is the process of merging two or more forms into a single entity

'Mirror of the goddess  - plate IV’

When two or more snowflakes are hung outside on a tree close together they make a wonderful wind chime

unmounted and unframed

Framed in deep black cotton velvet & American walnut

The collaboration with artist Egor Pasta and audio landscape by SubOctane brings an added dimension to the artwork