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Saturated layers of multiplicity Makola Market –

Saturated layers of multiplicity
Makola Market – Ghanaian series
Digital play
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African wax prints are one of the multiple layers from Ghanaian culture I am exploring in this project.
Among the multiplicity of influences in the Makola market of Accra, African wax prints stand as an intriguing example of hybridization. The history of African wax prints is intricately weaved with colonialism and capitalism. It can be traced back to Indonesia and its hand-made batiks using hot wax designs and dying processes. The Dutch copied & industrialized this technique to produce their first batch of wax print in 1850. Since then millions of meters of “African Wax Prints” have been designed and sold to African countries becoming part of the African culture and identity. For more than a century, western designers have been creating collections of Wax Prints, mixing traditional Indonesian and Indian patterns with African patterns, colours, symbols and iconography, as well African history. Today we question the fact that these beautiful colourful designs could be a form of cultural appropriation born from this hybridization of techniques and influences. The Wax Prints have become such a part of the African culture that African themselves believe them to be African which is also deeply questioning the concept of identity.
The success of the wax print relied on the local market women who named the prints according to African traditions. They took control of the distribution on the continent influencing the designs. Market women or their clients would give a spontaneous name to a new design. The cloth then becomes a vehicle for messages, wearing them can be the expression of a romantic feeling, of an infatuation or of a political statement. This naming of the wax prints could be seen as a form of cultural re-appropriation.
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#waxprint #digitalart #collageart #culturalappropriation #hybridart #neocolonialism #capitalism #makolamarket

Saturated layers of multiplicity “Life is not a

Saturated layers of multiplicity
“Life is not a straight path” reel
Makola Market – Ghanaian series
Digital play
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In this super-imposition of layers, the black and white patterns suggest both my questioning of the history of exchanges between global north and global south, as well as the language of cloth and weaving. Patterns are the fabric of life and they are reflected in the art of weaving in all cultures across time and space. The symbolism of the loom could be seen as a space where polarities meet. The cross intersection between the warp and the weft is a universal symbol of human existence.
The verticality of the warp stands for the connection between past & future, earth & sky, body & spirit, evolution. While the horizontality of the weft suggests our connections to the world, the others, our community, giving & receiving, our shared human experience, the play of patterns in the fabric of life.
Weaving becomes a metaphor to understand the working of the universe and our place in it and our interconnectedness. Our ever evolving identities, the fabric of our being, are weaved from past to future by all the encounters and experiences on our life journey.
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The relationships between global north and global south is such a difficult subject to understand. As a white privilege artist traveling through Ghana I could only experience a deep shift in my perspective. Looking at the world from this land was giving me a vivid sense of the rippling effects of colonialism, post colonialism, neo-colonialism, capitalism, and the intricate weaving of cultural, economic and ecologic inter-dependencies of our global world.
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In this reels I use traditional weaving patterns from Ghana, this one, the zig zag is called NMKYIMMKYIM, and its meaning is “life is not a straight path…”
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🎼Agenda from Bryte & Branch, an hybrid of Ghanaian highlife & Portuguese underground
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#digitalart #layers #collageart #collage #superimpose #saturation #northsouth #ghana #makola #weaving #patterns #hybrid #hybridart #identities #fabricoflife #patterns #fairtrade #culturalexchange #momentsintime
#ibizaart #ibizaartist #canart #multiculture

Saturated Layers of Multiplicity ✨Makola Market

Saturated Layers of Multiplicity
✨Makola Market – Ghanaian series
Digital play
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Themes of hybridisation, multiplicity, differences and identity have been omni present while traveling through Ghana, West Africa, this winter.
Postmodern philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s defends the idea that there is no such thing as “fixed” identity, rather life is an ongoing expression of multiplicity and differences, a constant becoming or birthing into our next metamorphosis, allowing a diversity of voices and identities to keep emerging.
Trying to grasp the complex cultural multiplicity in Ghana, the Makola market in Accra became a field of inspiration. All around the world traditional market places have been for centuries emblematic of the aliveness of our multiplicity, a self-organized space where humans meet to exchange and nourish from the diversity of their craftsmanship and creative inventiveness.
Makola market is a tentacular labyrinthine organism in which one immerse to be saturated with an overdose of colours, shapes, smells, people, sounds. Makola’s landscape is constantly morphing and moving, while some shops are fixed in concrete walls acting as landmarks, others are mounted and dismounted every day with makeshift structures, whilst many vendors are walking around carrying their goods on their heads and bodies.
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In this reel I manipulate and superimpose layers of video shots from Accra Market with traditional black & white weaving patterns….
This traditional pattern is called NKYEMFRE NHYEHYEHOO and symbolizes a broken pot pieced back together and the art of handling difficult situations.
More about these patterns in my next post.
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Music Sakila by @gafacci a very cool Ghanaian musician, composer, producer who hybrids traditional rhythms with a multiplicity of sounds and influences.
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#digitalart #digitalcollage #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #collageartist #multiplicity #identity #difference #mixculture #hybrid #hybridart #ghana #makola #makolamarket #accra #ibiza #ibizaartist #artcurators #artobsession #artresearch #deleuze #postmodern #postmodernart

Liberation
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Mixed media 60 x 60 cm
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Ascension
Portal
Equinox
Eclipse
Ultimate transformation
Life & death
Day & night
Journey of the soul
Ashes to ashes
Eternity
Heaven & earth
Lightscape
Infinity
Other realms
Immortality
In memoriam
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For my dear friend Ali who passed away on the 22/03
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#portal #ascension #souljourney #equinox #eclipse #lifedeath #heaven #eternity #liberation #ashestoashes #transformation #lightscape #skysea #inmemoriam #immortality #mixedmediaart #stopmotion #collageart #collageartist #ibizaart #ibizaartist #ibiza2024

Black moon & birds series Acrylic on paper Studies

Black moon & birds series
Acrylic on paper
Studies
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Horizon
Spaciousness
Limitless
Timeless
Stillness
Liberation
Eternity
Immensity
Fly away
Journey of the soul
Lightscapes
Skyscape
Ephemeral
Letting go
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#expressivepainting #expressiveart #horizon #sky #skyscape #seasky #flight #eternity #spaciousness #acrylicpainting #textures #souljourney #artlovers #artobsession #artoftheday #ibizaart #ibizaartist #ibiza2024 #lightscape

Constellation ✨🪐✨ Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60

Constellation
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Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm
Cosmic clock
Gate
Moment in time
Patterns
Magnetic forces
Dynamic relationships
Landscape
Infinity
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A constellation is a group of stars forming a dynamic pattern of magnetic forces , it also means the dynamic of relationships within a group.
I channeled this work during our Just paint intensive creation workshop guiding a beautiful group of 6 creators.
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#constellation #expressivepainting #surrealism #surrealart #contemporaryart #channeling #magneticfield #pattern #infinity #patterns #gate #creativeprocess #artworkshop #contemporarypainting #abstractfigurativepainting #artobsession #artlovers #ibizaart #ibizaartist

Just a few spaces left to join the ANALOGUE - DIGI

Just a few spaces left to join the
ANALOGUE - DIGITAL
Intensive Creation Workshop
22 to 26 May @ my studio in Ibiza
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The workshop weaves live painting, collage, mask making, creative writing, sound/voice and performance with photography, video and a range of digital tools to create multi media artworks.
Participants will learn how to use a choice of apps (on smartphone & tablets) to create digital collages, animation, video edits & effects, sound collages.
I will facilitate together with digital artist
@mischartibiza ♥️♥️
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Check the link in BIO for all the details.
DM to apply now. Still early bird for a few more days!!
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#analoguedigital #digitalcollage #videoart #digitalcreation #soundcollage #digitalart #artworkshop #artretreat #ibiza2024 #ibizaart #videocreation #creativeworkshop #creativity #expressivearts #artlovers

Just a few spaces left to join the ANALOGUE - DIGI

Just a few spaces left to join the
ANALOGUE - DIGITAL
Intensive Creation Workshop
22 to 26 May @ my studio in Ibiza
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The workshop weaves live painting, collage, mask making, creative writing, sound/voice and performance with photography, video and a range of digital tools to create multi media artworks.
Participants will learn how to use a choice of apps (on smartphone & tablets) to create digital collages, animation, video edits & effects, sound collages.
Will facilitate together with digital artist @mischartibiza ♥️♥️
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Check the link in BIO for all the details.
DM to apply now. Still early bird for a few more days!!
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#analoguedigital #digitalart #digitalcollage #videoart #artvideo #soundcollage #artworkshop #artworkshops #ibizaart #ibiza2024 #expressivearts #creativeworkshop #creativity #creation #artlovers

Just a few spaces left to join the ANALOGUE - DIGI

Just a few spaces left to join the
ANALOGUE - DIGITAL
Intensive Creation Workshop
22 to 26 May @ my studio in Ibiza
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The workshop weaves live painting, collage, mask making, creative writing, sound/voice and performance with photography, video and a range of digital tools to create multi media artworks.
Participants will learn how to use a choice of apps (on smartphone & tablets) to create digital collages, animation, video edits & effects, sound collages.
I will facilitate together with digital artist
@mischartibiza ♥️♥️
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Check the link in BIO for all the details.
DM to apply now. Still early bird for a few more days!!
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#analoguedigital #digitalcollage #videoart #digitalcreation #soundcollage #digitalart #artworkshop #artretreat #ibiza2024 #ibizaart #videocreation #creativeworkshop #creativity #expressivearts #artlovers

Children of the now are you longing for love or fo

Children of the now are you longing for love or for freedom?
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The ballad of independency - Timescapes Series
Digital painting portraits inspired by photographic work from artist #nangoldin reflecting on the different languages men and women speak as well as the raw density of life in the 80s.
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How do we navigate this tension between love and freedom today?
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Thank you to those who answered on my story… it was great to read your different views.
Someone said “Love is freedom”… someone else “I can only love when I am free” … what would you say ?
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I personally enjoy not having a fixed answer, pondering on it, chewing on it, or having a different answer each day …

#digitalart #digitalpainting #digitalcollage #collageart #cutandpaste #collagecollective #collageartist #80s #love #freedom #koan #questionoftheday #poetsofinstagram #artplay #notknowing #portrait #nangoldin #independency #ballad #menwomen

Children of the now are you longing for love or fo

Children of the now are you longing for love or for freedom?
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The ballad of independency - Timescapes Series
Digital painting portraits inspired by photographic work from artist #nangoldin reflecting on the different languages men and women speak as well as the raw density of life in the 80s.
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How do we navigate this tension between love and freedom today?
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Thank you to those who answered on my story… it was great to read your different views.
Someone said “Love is freedom”… someone else “I can only love when I am free” … what would you say ?
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I personally enjoy not having a fixed answer, pondering on it, chewing on it, or having a different answer each day …

#digitalart #digitalpainting #digitalcollage #collageart #cutandpaste #collagecollective #collageartist #80s #love #freedom #koan #questionoftheday #poetsofinstagram #artplay #notknowing #portrait #nangoldin #independency #ballad #menwomen

Children of the now are you longing for love or fo

Children of the now are you longing for love or for freedom?
The ballad of independency…
Timescapes series
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Digital painting portrait series inspired by the photographic work of artist #nangoldin in the 80s reflecting on the different languages men and women speak as well as the raw density of life at this time.
How do we navigate this tension between love and freedom today?
Touch by her work I started this series of portraits that poetically revisit and transpose some of the scenes from “the ballad of sexual dependency” … this is what I call a “side project” that unfolds without knowing where it will go … following the inspiration and questioning from great artists, playing and trying things out on my iPad .. to be continued.
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#lovefreedom
#timescape
#independency
#collageart
#digitalart
#collageartist
#digitalanalog
#evolution
#inspiration
#studioplay
#artobsession
#nfts
#arttoday #greatartists
#80s

To tell the story of the Nopal cactus and the coch

To tell the story of the Nopal cactus and the cochineal insect we must start by honouring the “cosmovisión” of indigenous cultures in Central America who perceived the cosmos as a harmonious and interconnected entity where plants, animals, insects, humans, and celestial bodies, coexisted in a delicate balance. They have been mastering the art of breeding the cochineal insect on Nopal’s pads since centuries. The cochineal insect produces carminic acid, used as a valuable natural red dye for textiles, pottery, ceremonial body painting as well as natural medicine.
Following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the carmine red Cochineal pigment became a highly valuable trade commodity and a source of immense wealth for the Spanish Empire. Red has always been a powerful symbolic colour, representing love and war, blood and sacrifice, beauty and anger, revolution and progressive forces.
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Here an artwork by @roselinedethelin
TIMESCAPES series LIVING RED
Living Red revisits the myriad uses of the Cochineal red pigment, which is notably less toxic (though not vegan) than synthetic red pigments. It can be employed in food, medicinal products, cosmetics, and fabric dyeing.
This work is part of the action of artist collective @sos_cochichumbas around the disappearance of the nopal cactus ( chumberas- prickly pears) in Ibiza, in Spain, in Maruecco, in Canaries islands, a plague that could soon spread through North Africa and Europe…
The death of this plant has been provoked by the introduction of a deadly cochineal (not the original one that produces the best carmine pigment) in a nature reserve on mainland Spain to eliminate Nopal cactuses considered invasive... Our goal is to obtain government action to protect this beautiful plant that has been part of our landscapes for 400 years.
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#chumbera #cochinilla #ibiza #artcollective #ibizaartist #mujeresartistas #consciousart #accionesartísticas #citizenart #arteciudadano #landscapeart #cochineal #ibizanature #nopal #pricklypearcactus #ecologia #soscochichumbas #aiart #videoart #collageart #ecology #speculativeevolution #red #redpigment #indigenousculture #indigenousknowledge #cosmovision

Here a world collage map of 160 x 120cm that will

Here a world collage map of 160 x 120cm that will gather visual information relevant to the Nopal/Cochineal’s history worldwide mixed with speculative fabulation scenes. A work in process for the collective @SoS_Cochichumbas.
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To exploit the cactus’s potential for breeding the Cochineal insect and produce the coveted red carmine dye, European Colonizers imported the Nopal to Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. This is why today the Nopal Cactus is present on all continents’ temperate and hot climates. In many of these regions, the Nopal’s myriad other uses, well known by indigenous Mesoamerican cultures, remain often unexploited. Today in many countries the plant is labelled as invasive due to its remarkable resilience to heat and drought.
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A few years ago in Spain, a new strain of lethal Cochineal was introduced by preservation administration to eradicate the Nopal cactus from a nature reserve considering it a non-native invasive plant. The propagation of this new breed of Cochineal, coupled with a staggering 50% decline in insect diversity in Spain, of which many are natural predators of the cochineal, has contributed to the actual plague that is decimating the Nopal cactus not only in Spain but also in Morocco and could potentially spread to other European and African countries. This is a notable loss of an amazingly resourceful plant that has been part of the aesthetic of our Mediterranean landscapes for the last 400 years.
The goal of @SoS_Cochichumba collective is to obtain a change of statue for the Nopal cactus to cease labelling it as invasive and legally allow proper action to be taken against the deadly spreading of the plague.

#chumbera #cochinilla #ibiza #artcollective #ibizaartist #mujeresartistas #consciousart #accionesartísticas #citizenart #arteciudadano #landscapeart #cochineal #ibizanature #nopal #pricklypearcactus #ecologia #soscochichumbas #collageart #ecology #worldmap

What if the Nopal cactus would play a central role

What if the Nopal cactus would play a central role in the future of our planet?
The Nopal cactus (Opuntia), Chumbera in Spanish, Prickly Pear in English, is highly resistant to draught and heat. It could very well be the perfect plant of the future in times of global warming.
This amazing and beautiful plant has a myriad uses long known by the indigenous cultures of Central America. The Nopal is rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, both its pads and its pears can be eaten by both humans and animals. It can be used in cosmetics for its anti-aging and healing properties and in natural medicines for its anti-inflammatory and digestive properties.
Its fibres can be used to build homes and objects, or to make ropes and tools.
The Nopal is also be a potential source of biogaz and energy…
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PLANET NOPAL
TIMESCAPES series - artwork by @roselinedethelin
#speculativeevolution
Planet Nopal imagines a world in which the Nopal cactus is central to life providing everything humans, animals, cyborgs and humanoids need.
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Speculative fabulation is a type of imaginative “narration” that enables us to unfold new worlds through what could take place in the future or could have taken place helping us look at our ecological issues from different perspectives.
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Part of the artworks developed for the collective @sos_cochichumbas around the disappearance of the nopal cactus ( chumberas- prickly pears) in Ibiza, in Spain, in Maruecco, in Canaries islands, a plague that could soon spread through North Africa and Europe… Our goal is to obtain government action to protect this beautiful plant that has been part of our landscapes for 400 years.
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#chumbera #cochinilla #ibiza #artcollective #ibizaartist #mujeresartistas #consciousart #accionesartísticas #citizenart #arteciudadano #landscapeart #cochineal #ibizanature #nopal #pricklypearcactus #ecologia #soscochichumbas #aiart #videoart #collageart #ecology

Ibiza Timescapes series 🌵⏰🌵 What if the No

Ibiza Timescapes series
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What if the Nopal cactus would play a central role in the future of our planet?
Here the “payesa”, a disappearing archetype of the island of Ibiza who stands as the time keeper, a silent witness of changes in our ecological landscapes and a symbol of ancient wisdom close to the land, is looking at giant flowering Nopal cactuses.
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Speculative fabulation is a type of imaginative “narration” that enables one to unfold new worlds through what could take place in the future or could have taken place. Speculative fabulation enlarge our perception of history, inventing stories that re-shape possibilities, creating characters, myths, inventing new situations to question global and local ecological crisis.
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This series is part of the body of work I am developing with the collective @sos_cochichumbas around the disappearance of the nopal cactus ( chumberas- prickly pears) in Ibiza, in Spain, in Maruecco, in Canaries islands, a plague that could soon spread through North Africa and Europe…
The death of this plant has been provoked by the introduction of a deadly cochineal in a nature reserve on mainland Spain to eliminate Nopal cactuses considered invasive... Our goal is to obtain government action to protect this beautiful plant that has been part of our landscapes for 400 years. See other of my posts to understand its amazing history.

#speculativeevolution #speculativefiction #nopal #ecology #natureculture #ecopoieisis #chumbera #extinction #archetypes #mixedmediaart #aiart #timescape #landscape #ibizanature #ibizalove #payesa

Ibiza Timescape
Disappearance Nostalgia
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Death and rebirth are inherent in the cycles of life. The natural death of organisms contributes to the regeneration of the ecosystem, providing nutrients for new life to emerge. But today the disappearance of so many species, vegetal, insects and animals, is the symptom of a deep ecological disruption and imbalance. Human activities, ecological manipulation, habitat destruction, pollution, globalization and climate change, contribute to an accelerated and general loss of biodiversity. Today we talk about the Anthropocene: a term acknowledging that since the industrial revolution, humans are the primary drivers of geological and environmental change on a global scale.
Recognising the Anthropocene has implications for how societies approach environmental policies, conservation efforts, and sustainable development. It emphasises the interconnectedness of human activities with the Earth’s natural systems and our responsibility to ensure a sustainable future. For a natural rebirth or regeneration to occur, there needs to be concerted efforts towards conservation, habitat restoration, and sustainable practices.
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In this series, the silhouette of the payesa, a disappearing archetype of the island of Ibiza, stands as the time keeper, a silent witness of changes in the ecological landscapes of our island and a symbol of ancient wisdom close to the land.
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Part of the body of work I am developing with the collective @sos_cochichumbas around the disappearance of the nopal cactus ( chumberas- prickly pears) in Ibiza, in Spain, in Maruecco, in Canaries islands, the plague could soon spread through North Africa and Europe… due to the introduction of a deadly cochineal in a nature reserve on the mainland to eliminate some Nopal cactuses considered invasive... Our goal is to obtain government action to protect this beautiful plant that has been part of our landscapes for 400 years.
#antropocene #ecology #landscapes #multispecies #nopal #chumbera #evolution #extinction #regeneration #ibizanature #ecosystems #ecoart #activism #lifedeath #ibizalove #ibizalandscapes #disappearance #nostalgia

Ibiza Timescapes 🌵⏰🌵 The co-breeding of N

Ibiza Timescapes
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The co-breeding of Nopals cactuses and cochineal insects, woven into the fabric of history, is a testament of the intricate play of nature and cultures that shapes our landscapes through time.
For centuries, across cultures and continents, the relationship between Nopals cactuses and cochineal insects has been an artful dance, sustaining both species in a unique co-breeding alliance to produce food, cosmetics, dyes, fibers …
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In this series, the silhouette of the payesa, a disappearing archetype of the island of Ibiza, stands as the time keeper, a silent witness of changes in our ecological landscapes and a symbol of ancient wisdom close to the land.
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These ‘timescapes’ are part of the body of work I am developing with the art collective @sos_cochichumbas around the disappearance of the nopal cactus ( chumberas- prickly pears) in Ibiza, in Spain, in Maruecco… due to the introduction of a deadly cochineal by a nature reserve on the mainland provoking a general plague. Our goal is to obtain government action to protect this beautiful plant that has been part of our landscapes for 400 years.
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#multispecies #biodiversity #chumbera #nopales🌵 #pricklypear #ibiza #ibizanature #disappearance #ecopoiesis #ecoart #activism #paisajes #oldwoman #wisdom #digitalart #aiart #performance #timescape #evolution

What if the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect

What if the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect were the main protagonists of our future?
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“Memories of the Future” is an art project ,part of the collective @Sos_Cochichumbas, in which I explore the web of interconnectedness shaping our world through the lens of the symbiotic relationship between the Nopal Cactus from Central America and the Cochineal insect known for its carmine red pigment. This relationship serves as a gateway to “tentacular thinking” researching why Nopals in Spain are now dying due to a plague of Cochineal, exploring historical ties between Mexico and Spain, cultural hybridization, biodiversity and human-non-human interactions.
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After the conquest of Mexico the Nopal cactus a native species from the americas, has been imported to Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia to try breeding cochineal and produce the famous Carmín pigment.
The series Multispecies Hybrid Worlds imagine worlds where hybrid cactus species are transported across continents, reshaping the planet’s landscapes with new species, for better or worse?
Soundscape: the birds of Ibiza
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The project draws inspiration from Donna Haraway, using both A.I. and internet to research the intricate “histories” of the Nopal and the Cochineal, I feed them in the form of “prompts” into AI-image generator to produce “speculative fabulations” /A type of “narration” that unfold new worlds arousing an appetite for what’s possible / in the form of images that I rework digitally. Multispecies storytelling is a contemporary non-anthropocentric way of thinking about nature. Multispecies perspectives address the challenges of climate change and the questions of landscape and land use.
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#donnaharaway #speculativefabulations #multispecies #storytelling #nopal #cochineal #storytelling #stayingwiththetrouble #chumberas #ecology #biodiversity #hybridization #natureculture #ecopoieisis #ai #aiart #videoart #ibiza #ibizalove #ibizanature #ibizaart

What if the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect

What if the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect were the main protagonists of our future?
‘Memories of the future’ is an artistic project I am developing as part of @sos_cochichumbas collective to sensitize the public to the disappearance of the Nopal cactus or Chumbera due to a plague of Cochineal on the island of Ibiza and mainland Spain.

The ancient PERFECT MATCH between the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect is an opportunity for ‘multi species’ story telling.
The Mixtecs of Oaxaca developed the method to obtain the precious carmine pigment from the Cochineal and Nopal centuries before the Spanish conquest. A symbol of status, it was used by the nobility of Mexico’s Indigenous peoples in arts and rituals, dying garments, decorating ceramics and painting murals.
The carmine Cochineal insect was cured on Nopal pads and harvested for its pigment.
After the Spanish conquest this red pigment became so prized that, after gold and silver, it was probably the most valuable thing the Spaniards found in Mexico. It helped build the wealth of Spain and of many Mexican cities like Oaxaca.

In Spain the Nopal cactus or Chumbera were imported 500 years ago from Mexico to breed Cochineal and became part of our landscapes. Today it is considered an invasive species due to its resistance to draught and a new deadly Cochineal has been introduced by nature reserves to eliminate the Nopal. Sadly this new cochineal is spreading all over Spain, Maruecco, and on our island of Ibiza killing all the beautiful Nopal cactuses that have been part of our landscapes for more than 400 years. The biodiversity of insects has gone down 50% in our region and the natural predators of Cochineal have also disappeared.

#multispecies #anthropocene #aiart #ecopoiesis #expressiveart #digitalart #nopal #cochineal #history #storytelling #ibizanature #ibizalove #landscape #perfectmatch #chumbera #carmine #ecoart #ecoconscious #biodiversity #insects

What if the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect

What if the Nopal Cactus and the Cochineal insect were the main protagonists of our future?

“Memories of the Future” a project part of the collective @sos_cochichumbas explores the web of interconnectedness shaping our world through the lens of the symbiotic relationship between the Nopal Cactus from Central America and the Cochineal insect known for its red pigment.
This relationship serves as a gateway to “tentacular thinking” researching why Nopals in Spain are now dying due to a plague of Cochineal, exploring historical ties between Mexico and Spain, cultural hybridization, biodiversity and human-non-human interactions.

The project draws inspiration from Donna Haraway, bridging science and art to imagine “futuries”. Using both A.I. and internet to research the intricate “histories” of the Nopal and the Cochineal, I create prompts for AI-image generator to produce “speculative fabulations” that challenge conventional narratives. Artworks are weaved from these images.

In the piece WITNESS OF CHANGE the archetype of the traditional “payesa” the wise peasant woman from the island of Ibiza /a disappearing human specie that used to be part of the local landscapes/ is now the witness of imaginary future worlds shaped by the Nopal cactus and the Cochineal insect. I previously embodied this archetypal character in performances and use my own silhouette to also introduce myself as an observer in the scenes.

Soundscape: birds of ibiza

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#nopal #cochineal #donnaharaway #ecology #biodiversity #ibizanature #evolution #payesa #speculativefabulations #aiart #artificialintelligence #artvideo #ecoart #ecopieisis #multispecies #contactzone #extinction #ibiza #ibiza2023 #chumberas #interconnected

There is 1 space left for the Mixed Media Metaphor

There is 1 space left for the Mixed Media Metaphors & Imagination Intensive Workshop at my studio in Ibiza 20 to 24th Of September.
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We will explore scrapbooking, collages, assemblages, installations and creative writing, finding inspiration in a large range of art materials and their symbolic language.
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Direct link to course page in Bio to check details.
DM to still get early bird as a special offer for the next few days.
See you in the art space!!
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#ibiza #ibizaart #ibiza2023 #mixedmedia #scrapbooking #artinstallation #collageart #collageartist #readymade #mixedmediaart #creativewriting #creativeprocess #artworkshops #artworkshop #artclasses #poetry #expressivearts #arttherapy #consciousart #artlovers

Precious moments of co-creation @artlabibiza for o

Precious moments of co-creation @artlabibiza for our #electricpoets night on the 21st of July.
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Everyone diving into creative writing surrounded by art @roselinedethelin & videos soundscapes @soundwalkcollective
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We then shared our words and poems to collectively channel a live & spontaneous poetic soundscape together with artists
@alexcia.panay
Poet
@aura_amanda_voice_activation
Singer
@fodreka
Singer
@matiasgarciafavre aka @lumbreromusic
Electronic Composer Producer & Musician
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We ended the evening honoring our muse @thisispattismith
with documentary
Patti Smith : Electric Poet
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Giving a voice to everyone to express on our free radio channel!!
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Thank you all for this unique and magical evening
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#pattismith #ibizaart #ibizaartist #ibiza2023 #artisticexpression #artexperiment #expressivearts #contemporaryart #cocreation #communityart #collectiveartsbrewing #collectivearts #soundcollage #soundscapes #poetry #poetsofinstagram #creativewriting #artinstallation #artlab

2 spaces still available for the Mixed Media Inte

2 spaces still available for the
Mixed Media Intensive Creation Workshop I will teach from 20 to 24th September @ my art studio in Ibiza.
DM to apply and still get early bird!
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Working with scrapbooking, collages, assemblages, installations, we will explore the symbolic languages of art materials of all kind, the play of metaphors and imagination, as well as creative writing as a parallel practice to visual creation.
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Details & course page link in Bio
This workshop is accredited and part of the professional training for expressive arts facilitators
Interested to know more, reach out 💥
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#mixedmedia #mixedmediaworkshop #collageworkshop #assemblages #artinstallation #imagination #metaphor #symbolicart #ibizaart #ibiza #ibiza2023 #ibizaretreat #ibizaartgallery #ibizaartist #ibizavibes #artworkshop #creative #expressivearts

Something really special is brewing and I love to

Something really special is brewing
and I love to invite you
Friday 21st of July
for an⚡️Electric Poets Night ⚡️
@ Art Lab & La Luna
8pm to midnight
with
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➡️Collective Poetic Channelling with Art & Soundscapes Immersion
➡️Live Poetic Sound Collage
In Co-creation with Amazing Artists
➡️Documentary
Patti Smith Electric Poet

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If like me, you feel our souls need to open a channel for free and wild poetic expression, then you must come and join us for this experimental evening!
The details of our program and artists lined up are below⬇️

➡️Important⬅️
Limited space. Contribution is 20€ for this non profit event, payment is cash at entrance. ➡️ DM to confirm attending

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Here is the program of the evening:

➡️From 8 to 9pm
A chilled space for shared poetic reveries, free poetic streaming, automatic writing, scribbling & graffitiing together, immersed in art & poetic soundscapes.

⚡️Featuring Soundwalk collective (videos & sound) contemporary inspirational composers of layered poetic sound narratives & long term collaborators of Patti Smith (and many other poets of our time)
@soundwalkcollective
⚡️In interaction with my own artworks in display and a collective of visual artists on the walls of La Luna gallery
@roselinedethelin

➡️From 9 to 10pm
Live co-creation and channelling of a collective poetic & electronic sound collage with electrifying artists
⚡️Inspirational Poet and Guide Alexcia & her Typewriter
@alexcia.panay
⚡️ Mesmerising & Hypnotizing Singer Réka Fodor (who performs with Estas Stone, Eduardo Castillo and many more)
@fodreka
⚡️Powerful Spiritual Singer and Voice Activator Aura
@aura_amanda_voice_activation
⚡️Electronic Magician Musician Composer Producer Matías Garcia Favre aka Lumbrero
@matiasgarciafavre @lumbreromusic

➡️10h30 to 11h30
Projection of acclaimed documentary
Patti Smith Electric Poet
… our muse for this night.

⚡️⚡️#ibiza #ibizaartgallery #ibizaart #ibizaartists #ibizastyle #ibizalife #ibiza2023 #ibizaevents #poetry #performanceart #cocreation #communityart #collectiveart #creativewriting #roselinedethelin #artexperiment

Something really special is brewing and I love to

Something really special is brewing
and I love to invite our Ibiza family
Friday 21st of July
for an⚡️Electric Poets Night ⚡️
@artlabibza & @la.luna.gallery
8pm to midnight
with
⚡️ ✍️ 🎤🎼🎸⚡️
➡️Collective Poetic Channelling with Art & Soundscapes Immersion
➡️Live Poetic Sound Collage
In Co-creation with Amazing Artists
➡️Documentary
Patti Smith Electric Poet

⚡️ ✍️ 🎤🎼🎸⚡️
If like me, you feel our souls need to open a channel for free and wild poetic expression, then you must come and join us for this experimental evening!

➡️Important⬅️
We have limited capacity to attend you must DM and reserve your space. Contribution20€ .

⚡️✍️🎤🎼🎸⚡️
Program details ⬇️

➡️From 8 to 9pm
A chilled space for shared poetic reveries, free poetic streaming, automatic writing, scribbling & graffitiing together, immersed in art & poetic soundscapes.

⚡️Featuring Soundwalk collective (videos & sound) contemporary inspirational composers of layered poetic sound narratives & long term collaborators of Patti Smith (and many other poets of our time)
@soundwalkcollective
⚡️In interaction with my own artworks in display and a collective of visual artists on the walls of La Luna gallery
@roselinedethelin

➡️From 9 to 10pm
Live co-creation and channelling of a collective poetic & electronic sound collage with electrifying artists
⚡️Inspirational Poet and Guide Alexcia & her Typewriter
@alexcia.panay
⚡️ Mesmerising & Hypnotizing Singer Réka Fodor (who performs with Estas Stone, Eduardo Castillo and many more)
@fodreka
⚡️Powerful Spiritual Singer and Voice Activator Aura
@aura_amanda_voice_activation
⚡️Electronic Magician Musician Composer Producer Matías Garcia Favre aka Lumbrero
@matiasgarciafavre @lumbreromusic

➡️10h30 to 11h30
Projection of acclaimed documentary
Patti Smith Electric Poet
… our muse for this night.

⚡️✍️🎤🎼🎸⚡️
#ibizaart #ibizaartgallery #canart #cocreation #liveart #performanceart #soundscape #poetry #electricpoets #mixedmediaart #interdisciplinary #creativewriting #inspiration #artobsession #contemporaryart #freshart #artexhibition #artlab #collectiveartsbrewing #collectiveart #artchannel #soundcollage

A huge bravo 👏 for the creative souls that join

A huge bravo 👏 for the creative souls that join our Analogue Digital Intensive Creation Workshop last week. It was an amazing journey weaving painting collage stop motion mask making performance and create videos with all this! Waooo !
Sharing a short montage of everyone’s creations.
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Thank you to digital artist @mischartibiza for your precious contribution to guide this adventure with me.
And thank you @ruthelisbeththomas @coffeeandcircles @phlodavid @sandra_morel @sanjangala_lowell for your engagement and wonderful creations. What a joy to guide and witness this powerful process. 🙏✨🙏
#analoguedigital #stopmotion #capcut #artvideo #videocollage #digitalart #artcourse #artworkshop #collageart #creativeprocess #artlove #artobsession #artmaking #artmakesmehappy #artvibes #ibizaart #ibiza2023 #artinspiration #videoperformance #maskart

Orpheus blues
Analogue Digital #artPrint & #nft
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The sky is my window, so bright over the sea,
It keeps my story from dissolving in the dark.
The whispers of my visions are taking flight,
From the smoky depths up to the moonlit skies.

In search of cosmic truths that transcend time,
The fierce drumbeat of my heart
Takes me up a stairway that knows no end.
In the mist of immortality, are you worried about being forgotten?
Or losing your memories, losing the threads of your own mythology?

Can you feel my heartbeat?
There is so much energy in the transmutation of fears.
Staring down at our own extinction,
Can we merge into the ultimate nature of reality?
Can I feel my heartbeat?
As I face my own mortality will I get a glimpse of the ultimate nature of reality?
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#cosmictruth #timescape #dreamscapes #heartbeat #ultimatereality #immortality #extinction #mortality #surrealism #surrealistart #stairway #visions #analoguedigital #collageart #digitalart #contemporaryarts #expressivearts #consciousness #artobsession #poetry

Must we die to kiss the sky? Analogue Digital Mixe

Must we die to kiss the sky?
Analogue Digital Mixed media on wood panel 60 x 60 cm
Questions without answer series
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Death & rebirth
Cycles
Sun & Moon
Éclipse
Alignment
Letting go & holding on
Gate of transformation
Transcendance
Grace
Rituals
Offering & sacrifice
Mystery
Universal movement
Cosmic dance
Doorway between earth & heavens
Celestial bodies
Eternal life
Immortality
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When I asked AI an this question … here is what it said …
The phrase "kiss the sky" is often used as a poetic metaphor for reaching for something beyond our grasp or achieving a state of transcendence. In this sense, the question "Must we die to kiss the sky?" can be interpreted in different ways, depending on one's perspective.
From a spiritual or religious perspective, some might argue that the answer is yes. Many belief systems posit that there is a state of transcendence or eternal life that can only be attained after death. In this view, death is a necessary step on the path to reaching the sky or achieving a higher state of being.
From a more secular perspective, however, the answer might be different. Some might argue that it is possible to "kiss the sky" or achieve a state of transcendence without dying. This could take the form of creative or intellectual pursuits, deep connections with others, or a sense of purpose or meaning in life.
Ultimately, the question of whether we must die to kiss the sky is a philosophical one that depends on one's worldview and beliefs. It is a question that invites contemplation and reflection …

What would be your answer?

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#surrealart #surrealism #opart #patterns #cycles #eclipse #sunmoon #temple #pyramid #teotihuacan #collageart #collageartist #ai #mystery #transcendence #deathrebirth #doorway #gate #transformation #kissthesky #heaven #immortality #consciousness #contenporaryart
#artoftheday #artobsession

Hands in hands / In touch An exploration of hands

Hands in hands / In touch
An exploration of hands
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One of the most sensitive part of our body, hands are not only the antenna of the heart and our most intimate form of human connection, they are an integral part of our intelligence and evolution.
Today researchers believe the use of our hands has been, and still is, central to the development of our brain. Both language and our capacity to create have developed through the use of our hands.
Let’s remember that our hands are there to help us think, make sense of, explore the world, imagine and create. Our hands are an integral part of Poieisis : knowing through making.
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Here a series of collage compositions from my hands both drawn with charcoal & pastel and xerox copied created during a workshop guided by Kechet Zur & Judith Alalu @expressiveartsireland & @taebcn
during our Expressive Arts Symposium organized by @iatba in Barcelona last week.
A wonderful reunion of the Expressive Arts community celebrating the central role of artistic creation in human experience.
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#expressivearts #collageart #charcoal #hands #handmade #handinhand #intouch #touch #humanity #humanintelligence #evolution #communication #language #creation #communityart #europeangraduateschool

Vita brevi ars longa Ryuichi Sakamoto died a few

Vita brevi ars longa
Ryuichi Sakamoto died a few days ago 🥲 after a life spent composing inspirational music, weaving piano with electronic, experimental sound with orchestra … he created unforgettable sound tracks for unforgettable movies … collaborated with so many other talented musicians, till his last days … from #merrychristmasmrlawrence to his last album async a sensitive ambient soundscape 🙏 thank you Ryuichi may your soul keep playing music through out parallel universes ✨✨🎹🎼🎤
Must watch the documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto Coda
#ryuichisakamoto #composer #musicoflife #unforgettable #talent #inspiration #musicislife #coda #musicislove❤️

One space left for our Analogue digital intensive

One space left for our Analogue digital intensive creation workshop
14 to 18 June @ my studio in Ibiza
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Join us to create digital art bridging hands on creation / painting mixed media mask performance/ with digital photography & video techniques. We will work with several powerful and fun apps directly from your phone or tablet.
DM to apply!
Link to course webpage in Bio for all details.
I will facilitate this workshop together with digital artist Mischa Fulljames @mischartibiza
Dancer inspiration @natyspray
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#digitalart #analogueart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #digitalcollage #videoart #artworkshop #creativity #play #glitchart #creation #ibiza #artretreat #artlovers #art #ibizaart #ibizaartist #artstudio #spring #performanceart #maskart

Blissful Buddha Bloom
Timescape Digital Play
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Be here now
Blessed
Bliss
Bloom
Blossom
Blow
Breath
Bright
Friendship
New beginning
Prayer
Refresh
Renew
Ritual
Spring
Temple
Time Space
Together
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#beherenow #spring #buddhahood
#newbeginning #bloom #blessings #play #pray #love #breath #blossom #art #timestops #digitalart #multipleexposure #doubleexposure #ibiza #artlovers #artoninstagram #blossom #heArt #artprint #refresh #renew #artphotography

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