A dense cluster of translucent forms gathers into a suspended mass, hovering against a dark field. Drawn and painted interventions sit atop a photographic image, softening the boundary between documentation and construction.

Scattered points drift just beyond the cluster—zooplankton, the coral’s prey—held at a quiet distance before contact. What appears soft and fragile from a human perspective becomes a site of capture within the coral’s umwelt. The image shifts from a passive, beautiful object into a dynamic exchange between two entities, each moving within its own logic of sensing and response.

Size: 495 × 425 mm

Medium: Photograph printed on canvas and layered with acrylic paint and dry pastel