Monsters

I love maps + I am obsessively drawing sea monsters. The birth of an island is seen as the appearance of a sea monster. If a volcano is next to the sea → the lava goes into the water + the land actually expands. My whole relationship to the ocean at the moment is closely linked to my work with volcanoes.

G.V.In the Atlantic Ocean there is a rifting zone. It is related to many surreal creatures. There is a friction in the tectonic plates that the water is soothing. On land, such a zone is an open lava wound. Nothing is able to live there. But in the sea, it’s where life originated.

I remember seeing the ocean as an unapproachable monster. The thing with swimming is: I swim badly. My uncle does not know how to swim. Only the boys would risk it, entering the ocean without knowing how to swim.

I was into rock pooling as a kid also, meaning I’d observe for hours what lives within the rock pools when the tide is out, and also during the night. One night I even discovered tiny sea worms that would explode instantly when exposed to torch light. This marine phenomena seemed to defy all reasonable explanation as I could not find information about such a sea creature ever existing. I’ve always wondered if it was only a waking sea dream.