Helena cc: Oceans of Time

Art Island Center

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Helena cc

Paris-based artist helena cc draws inspiration from the unseen life that surrounds us: microscopic plankton, invisible yet found in seas everywhere. These resilient living fossils come in thousands of shapes and textures, which fascinated the nineteenth-century naturalists who first observed them with microscopes. But they were here long before humans discovered them, riding the tides as dinosaurs came and went. They now bear silent witness to our own fate, and it’s quite likely they will outlast us as well.

The artist, who is also a marine biologist, uses scanning electron microscope images as a starting point, transforming these detailed scientific images into cyanotype prints. Her work evokes the profound mystery of our oceans, and also the vast scales of time that slowly gave shape to life under the waves.

Schedule

Oct 5 (Sun) 2025-Dec 8 (Mon) 2025