{"product_id":"joan-fontcuberta-testa-abyssalis-kopie","title":"JOAN FONTCUBERTA - Leptogorgia christiae","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaper:\u003c\/b\u003e Giclée prints on Hahnemühle Museum Fine Art paper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 50 x 40 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCertificate:\u003c\/b\u003e Signed and numbered by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOAN FONTCUBERTA – \u003ci\u003eLeptogorgia christiae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLeptogorgia christiae\u003c\/i\u003e, Fontcuberta invents a coral so convincing that even Darwin would have taken notes. Its fiery red branches unfold with anatomical precision – every curve and every branch is as if shaped by evolution itself, yet too rhythmic, too artful, too deliberate. This is nature, rewritten by a trickster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name Leptogorgia christiae plays a double game. It mimics the nomenclature of soft corals within the Gorgoniidae family, while the invented epithet christiae sounds like a dedication – perhaps to a fictional scientist, or perhaps to the act of faith itself. After all, faith is the real subject here: faith in what we see, in what we name, in what we call ‘real.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFontcuberta uses AI with mischievous restraint, allowing the illusion of truth to blossom before it quietly implodes. The branching forms of the coral are reminiscent of both botanical diagrams and neural networks, connecting organic life with artificial cognition. It is a coral, yes – but also a thought made visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeptogorgia christiae\u003c\/i\u003e thrives in the space between taxonomy and mythology, between marine biology and metaphysics. It reminds us that the ocean of images, like evolution, is full of improbable creatures – and that sometimes the most convincing of these are entirely invented.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KI EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54456988270927,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/magnific-aEOfPgLf0kq7QMqRMURx-240330135830_coralls_01046__co_Cpia.jpg?v=1739635744","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/joan-fontcuberta-testa-abyssalis-kopie","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}