Geometric shapes, especially straight lines, are rare in living underwater nature. What we create often stands in contrast to what is natural. This series, with its straight, plastic figures in artificial colors, captured in the weightlessness of the underwater cosmos during scuba dives, illustrates how human creations are foreign to the natural world, emphasizing the divide between the artificial and the organic.
The surreal, artificial shapes seen here suggest a future that may come if we continue to disregard our connection with nature. Their abstract, sometimes starship-like forms hint at a world where synthetic creations replace living ecosystems. Instead of reaching for the stars, we may be surrounded by drifting plastic shaped by our own neglect. This vision invites reflection on how we treat the planet and the kind of future our actions are shaping.
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Aeataetica Magazine wrote:
“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature,” is a famous quote attributed to the
architect Antoni Gaudí (1852 - 1926). The same idea – of human-built constructions in contrast
to organic forms – underpins The Shape of Cosmos, the new series from Ukrainian-German
diver and photographer Alexej Sachov (b. 1972). “Geometric shapes are rare underwater,”
the artist says. “This series, with its straight, plastic figures in artificial colours, captured
in weightlessness during scuba dives, illustrates how human creations are foreign to the natural
world.” Here, we see fluorescent shapes – triangles, circles and rectangles – floating in a
dark sea of stars, pulling together and drifting apart in many different configurations. Across
his various bodies of work, all produced beneath the waves, Sachov envisions a world where
synthetic objects and pollutants replace living ecosystems. This is an invitation to reflect on
how we treat the planet – and the kind of future our actions are shaping.
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