Triptychon Ancestors
Large-scale art for the album On Earth as One
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The central figures from the vinyl artwork, Snake, Jaguar, Human, and Plant World, were translated onto large-scale canvases. To preserve their lightness and sense of movement, I deliberately chose not to stretch them over wooden frames. Instead, the works hang freely, adapting to their surroundings like flags.
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The triptych draws on a form that recalls religious practices without prescribing a specific religion. It invites the viewer to pause and feel a deeper sense of connection. The arrangement evokes a journey into the past, to a kind of sacred site that tells the paradoxical story of being separate from everything yet connected to it all.
Embroidered threads weave across the canvases, binding the elements together. The wool threads serve as a kind of transcendent body for the human figure, underlining that it is a symbol for all people rather than a single individual.
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For a performance video, I created a costume made with the same wool threads I used in the artwork — partly because I find it fascinating to blur the boundaries between the artwork and the artist, and partly because it opens another layer to the idea of being “separate yet connected.”
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This work adds a visual, almost ritual dimension to On Earth as One, merging music, imagery, and symbolic depth into a complete, immersive experience.
In times of AI, global corporations, and billionaires, it is more important than ever to have the courage to give artistic creation the space it deserves and not leave the power of decision-making in the hands of a few.
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This work was created as part of a holistic concept for the On Earth as One album release event by Oskabya, alongside a stop-motion short film (Daphne).