Henrike Altes

Born again

Everything dissolved into millions of particles. She was naked. Empty. She reshaped the particles and put them together until something new, whole came into being.
These three works symbolize a cycle: the origin, the ovum; the developing fetus; the new DNA. The cycle represents the eternal cycle of all particles and a personal experience – the experience of dissolution, fragmentation into millions of particles, and the power to reinvent oneself.
To reassemble the particles until something new and whole emerges.

Cell state – object
Fetus – pendant
Her DNA – necklace

Cell state
object
material: fabric, embroidery thread, yarn, polymer clay
year: 2023
photography: Mitch van Schijndel

Fetus
pendant
material: fabric, embroidery thread, yarn, polymer clay
year: 2023
photography: Mitch van Schijndel

Her DNA
necklace
material: fabric, embroidery thread, yarn, polymer clay
year: 2023
photography: Mitch van Schijndel

photography: Claudia Fahlbusch