Inspired by rituals of containment found across mythologies and folklore, the Sealed Series reflects on the human impulse to imprison the unknown. Throughout cultures, physical objects have often been used as tools of protection, control, or confinement, serving as symbolic barriers between the visible and invisible worlds.

In these works, the brass rod references the ritual tools traditionally associated with sealing spirits, entities, or supernatural forces. Piercing and immobilizing the giant amoebas, it transforms them into suspended relics existing between captivity and release, life and dormancy.

The series ultimately explores humanity's desire to impose order on forces it does not fully understand, revealing how fear, belief, and control become intertwined in the creation of myths and rituals.

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"I'd come here with one goal in mind: to discover new things. I'd heard about this exhibition where a taxidermist specializing in single-celled organisms claimed to have made an incredible discovery: a new species of amoeba.

I'd already heard about amoebas and their role in our environment. I'd heard they were microscopic, invisible to the naked eye, and present everywhere. They contributed to what they called the natural ecosystem, defined as a balance that had formed without human intervention. In my youth, a biology history teacher spoke of amoebae and single-celled organisms as indispensable elements of our soils, regulating the proliferation of bacteria while providing nutrients to the so-called wild flora.

Times have changed... All that's left are "controlled" biomes to preserve what's left of thepast. With the impact we've had on the planet, amoebas have become much larger, and some have even become predators for our species. Who could have foreseen this...

I arrived in front of this amoeba, displayed like a museum piece. According to the explanatory label, it was the result of a symbiosis between two types of unicellular organisms: the amoeba Naegleria Fowleri, also known as the "brain-eating amoeba", and Euglypha Rotunda, which has scales formed by recycling the silica it ingests.

Could this species pose a threat to us? "