Bird, Plane, Butterfly is a perspectivist exploration of stillness, natural connection, and contemplation within the hectic pace of contemporary urban life. Antoinette Nausikaä brings her focus to the rhythms and textures of the city.
In this project, photography and ceramic sculpture converge into a poetic narrative of transformation and timelessness. The abstract ceramic plates translate her urban photographs into tactile, three-dimensional surfaces, exploring the relationship between image and object, fragility and permanence.
Over the past few years, Nausikaä has wandered through major urban centers—such as Tokyo, Madrid, Paris, New York, Beijing, Xiamen—gathering images that reflect the interplay of culture and nature, the timeless and the transient, the organic and the abstract. By zooming in and out and shifting between macro and micro perspectives, she bridges these seemingly opposing experiences.