200 Million Years
The project 200 Million Years portrays the butterfly as a representative of complex ecological relationships in several series of works using photography, film, and poetry. The title 200 Million Years refers to the length of the evolutionary history of the butterfly, whose existence is now massively threatened by the ongoing decline in insect population.
Each series offers a unique introduction to our relationship with the butterfly and conveys how it is shaped by aesthetics, science, and history. The project oscillates between documentary and abstract modes of representation, aiming to open up empathetic access to other species and ecological networks through a diverse experience of beauty.
The series 200 Million Years shows a collection of empty cocoons from which a butterfly already has emerged. The cocoon as an object resembles this stage of transformation from a catterpillar to a butterfly, the most vulnerable stage of the butterflies life cycle. Reflecting on transformation, protection, traces and our own ability to change, not knowing what will come next, this series celebrates the theme of transformation and the unknown.
200 Million Years
Landscapes
Still Here
Complete World
Dreams Worth Remembering
Entirety
Landscapes, 2025
200 Million Years, 2025
Still Here, 2022