Choreography of Life: Underwater Butterfly Ballet goya

Choreography of Life: Underwater Butterfly Ballet goyaThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct

Each piece is supplied with a stainless steel fixing

Akiharbara District

structure and illumination

finished in museum varnish

dated 2014

Sold as an unmounted print

Rather than concealing the fabrication process

It is float mounted on ivory board

'Mirror of the goddess  - plate IV’

a species whose history of human cultivation extends back to the earliest records of civilisation

giving single-use waste a new life

The way the landscape of the city interacts with the reflective surfaces of the taxi is often overlooked