Following 'Origami Extinction', 'Origami Renaissance' turns from the fear of extinction towards the possibility of return: the series examines species once believed to have vanished and subsequently rediscovered. 

 

Using fire as both material agent and symbolic counterpart to the destructive capacity of humanity, 'Origami Renaissance' captures transformation into the image itself, photographs the processes of ignition and combustion, the ever-changing shapes taken by the burnt material and forms that only briefly exist. Extinction and renaissance are inseparable states within this cycle of transformation, and each image records a moment in which matter is simultaneously disappearing and redefined into shapes recalling organic specimens. 

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Taking multiple or single photographs, the artist bears witness to the power and beauty that emerges from what has enabled humans to become the dominant species – a combined symbolic representation of two living organisms with a high capacity of annihilation. ​By also carrying associations of renewal and rebirth, reflected in the title, fire occupies an inherently contradictory position. Despite being the bearer of hope, the renaissance remains fragile, since more often than not the conditions that led to the disappearance are still present.

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The sole shape of the dove is employed throughout the series, as the bearer of hope, and its repetition establishes a symbolic continuity across the photographs standing for a universal sign of survival. 
 

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All original photographs are numbered and limited to six editions.