Studio Breeding project Analog Film Vanitas with Blue Winged Butterfly Digital but aftermath: the residual beauty

but aftermath: the residual beauty of volatile reactions already extinguished

washer and threaded bolt for installation

and transformative-inviting reflection on the ways living beings adapt to altered states of existence

and impermanence

Rather than depicting a fixed object

Studio Breeding project Analog Film Vanitas with Blue Winged Butterfly Digital but aftermath: the residual beautyThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct