Future Bestiary (Kerameikos) is a series of digital sculptures dedicated to the entanglements between subterranean memory and the anthropogenic construct of the future.

 

The ethereal forms of these sculptures originate from archaeological artefacts depicting daemonic beings and mythical animals that were once considered to be protectors of both life and death. Their bodies are carriers of linguistic signs and visual imagery that encode wishful speculations and emerging anxieties about natural ecosystems, algorithmic sovereignty, and sociopolitical change. 

 

Both consciousnes of the past and foresight of what is to come can be extracted from the Earth’s underground wealth. This is the haunted gift of these chthonic entities that form a bestiary of power and vulnerability, burdened with terrestrial trauma and graced with the potential of fierce transformation. 

 

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