Symbionts
art objects 2025 - ...
At the Edge of the Forest (side view)
At the Edge of the Forest (side view)
driftwood, steel wire, bronze, papier-mâché, tempera / 16 x 12 x 4.5 cm / 2025
At the Edge of the Forest (front view)
At the Edge of the Forest (front view)
driftwood, steel wire, bronze, papier-mâché, tempera / 16 x 12 x 4.5 cm / 2025
At the Edge of the Forest (back view)
At the Edge of the Forest (back view)
driftwood, steel wire, bronze, papier-mâché, tempera / 16 x 12 x 4.5 cm / 2025
The Unseen (side view)
The Unseen (side view)
papier-mâché, steel wire, cork, acrylic, engraving / 18 x 18 x 8 cm / 2026
The Unseen (top view)
The Unseen (top view)
papier-mâché, steel wire, cork, acrylic, engraving / 18 x 18 x 8 cm / 2026
The Unseen (side view)
The Unseen (side view)
papier-mâché, steel wire, cork, acrylic, engraving / 18 x 18 x 8 cm / 2026

The Facets of Myth:

The "Symbionts" series is a three-dimensional exploration of one of the key themes in the practice of "mental archaeology" — the possibility of dialogue with the non-human world through the creation of new forms. The objects "At the Edge of the Forest" and "The Unseen" do not exist in isolation; they are the material manifestations of characters that already inhabit the painterly worlds of the artist. They are transposed from the plane of the canvas into real space, turning metaphor into an artifact with which one can engage in physical contact.

Technically, the series is built on a complex synthesis of the natural and the artificial. "At the Edge of the Forest" is made of driftwood, wire, papier-mâché, and textural compounds mimicking moss-covered stone, embodying the principle of organic symbiosis. "The Unseen" is made of the artist's own papier-mâché compound, processed to a state of black stone, with a jeweler-like engraving of white eyes that creates the effect of a returning gaze. Both objects hover on delicate supports (wire or "stone-like"), emphasizing their status not merely as sculptures but as sacred items existing in a liminal state between reality and myth.

The series materializes the current agenda of the "more-than-human", demonstrating how symbiotic concepts can become the foundation for a new materiality. It does not illustrate the idea of contact with nature but offers its physical prototype, thereby enhancing the intellectual and collectible significance of the artist's entire body of work.
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