pheasant laying on a table top with its deep red plumage cast in black water archive lived event: performers suspended in

lived event: performers suspended in water

and transformative-inviting reflection on the ways living beings adapt to altered states of existence

The Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater

luminous spheres emerge as microcosms of concentrated force

the series observes a condition: the appearance and disappearance of form within an environment defined by motion

pheasant laying on a table top with its deep red plumage cast in black water archive lived event: performers suspended inThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,