Masters of Succession New Era Card 2013

The image, made summer 2120 with MoS collaborator DD and Lisa Shafir.

The figure here is embodying a character from a parallel society, a tribe living in underwater caves filled with air and light. The cave brightness is from crystals and glowing bioluminescence. At this moment of her exploration she breaks through the ceiling of water. She has been away from home many times in 2 years to try to find an agreeable area. She hesitates for different reasons, often the area is too toxic. Here, she has transformed from the sea and the sun rays are drying her off. Initially our climate is an intense atmospheric overload. She has emerged after a long adaptation from the surf. The orange fish scales are drying into a sheer skin. The scales covered and nourished her for protection during her extensive journey underwater. Now the chemical reaction of this atmosphere makes the scales into a diaphanous gown.  The blue membrane around her ankles shed like an umbilical cord. This was previously a breathing organism for underwater. Now she is here on the crust with us… what will she find??

The story is unfolding.