Harbinger

Some Medusai have been on the planet in a near unchanged form for more than 535 million years. Humans in comparison have only been around for 200,000 years. That is 0.035% of the time. They are the ultimate survivors, having outlived entire ecosystems and witnessed the rise and fall of countless species.

Swimming in the air, outside of its normal habitat, the ghostly portrait of a Lions Mane Medusa acts a reflection on the fragility of our ecosystem, the resilience of life and the need for greater reverence for the creatures with whom we share this planet.

Medusai, drift passively, at the mercy of the ocean currents, moving with an otherworldly grace. They have no brains and no central nervous system, lacking consciousness as we understand it. They are driven entirely by instinct; an empty mind, if you will; Meditative, without purpose and yet representative of the raw primal force of life itself.

Commissioned for Island Of Light (Sweden) 2025