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Metaplasia

A Manual For Metaphysical Hacks

(2016-current) || engraving || cyanotype || video || installation || drawings || audio || sculpture

Metaplasia drawing swollen

The visual incarnation of Metaplasia is a collection of works that are meant as visual aid to a fictional text on how to jump-start one’s own (hyper)evolution.

Drawing inspiration from biology, pseudo-science, yoga, self-help fads, metaphysics and (other) absurdist alchemy.
This is centered around a jellfish-centric cosmology.

Metaplasia lasercut on wood - displaying the cosmic jellyfish. By Arjan Vanmeenen

Why the jellyfish? – This millennia old Medusa is a transparent, membranous master of youth, adaptability, survivalist minimalist fashion iconography, and the secrets to immortality.
Metaplasia is a school of thought.

Metaplasia cyanoprint
Metaplasia: Hypnagogic Osteoporosis of the Ganglionic Marsupium Cyanotype on paper

If you know the right people, and are in the right places at the right time – you may find Metaplasia manifestation including but not limited to: text excerpts, auditory manifestation, micro-sculpture, laser cuttings, drawing, cyanotypes, videos and installations.
Mostly see(ded) through…

Metaplasia lasercut by arjan vanmeenen
Metaplasia lasercut by Arjan Vanmeenen