Roots

Ants Game - stage 4
a dynamic experimental collaborative project
that celebrates creativity, randomness, and community participation.
A raffle is held among collectors of each piece. The winner collaborates with me on the next one and can choose ANYTHING for me to use.

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FotoGraaGHanneke, 3rd raffle winner, chose a photograph and as soon as I saw the photo, inspiration struck me. The delicate lines and texture of the butterfly's wings reminded me of other things – the lines on petals, roots, and even our blood vessels. It’s one of those signs of nature that show how everything is connected and intertwined.
I tried to represent the idea that everything is always in transformation. No matter what, everything keeps changing, and we keep moving forward. Even when it seems like we’re not. This constant change is the only certainty, and in my view, it connects to how things are in motion in nature and everything around us. It’s also, in my eyes, related to the brain’s power to heal and to the butterfly’s strength, which lies in its delicacy and fragility. I connected continuous lines, like growing roots, and gentle electric energy that is in motion. Organic circular movement versus sharp, digital grid representation. Everything merges into a mysterious world of imagery that feels like a glimpse into an ancient subconscious script, always in motion.