"De rerum natura" weaves links between the history of art and nature, to which is added the direct observation of richness of forms and natural phenomena. The resulting imagination highlights the importance of nature for our human life.
A part of this series has been devoted since 2006 to the jellyfish, an unknown animal. Jellyfish first appeared on x-rays, my 'jellyfish x-rays' are inspired by a quote from Röntgen, who in 1895 discovered x-rays/radiography wishing that "men should be as transparent as jellyfish to see the seat of their sufferings”.
A more recent series on jellyfish uses the cyanotype technique – the photograms are reminiscent of the Röntgenogram. It is the sun that gives birth to the tinted image in “Berliner Blau” (Prussian blue). Developed in 1842 by the English scientist and astronomer John Frederick William Herschel and recently classified as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, the cyanotype also pays tribute to the botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871) and her famous contemporary herbaria. In German, jellyfish are nicknamed "Blumen des Meers", the flowers of the sea.
Humans, fauna and flora are symbiotically connected. These connections are symbolized among other things by the tentacles intertwining to form encrypted calligraphy, protective nests (like an upside-down jellyfish), roots, germinations... All of this evokes the idea of (re)birth, of the cycle and ritual, of process, of before and after, of transition, of passage, of the fragility of life. Jellyfish are immortal.
Everything that seems destroyed is not; for nature remakes a body with the remains of another (de rerum natura)
