Inna Etuvgi - Alien

ALIEN


Une goutte de pluie se pose sur un lichén Cladonia stellaris — et tout à coup apparaît un cosmonarque. Une petite silhouette dans un casque, debout sur un sol inconnu. 


C’est l’image qui a donné son nom à la série. Et le mot « Alien » agit sur plusieurs niveaux : les lichens sont aliens par leur forme, aliens dans la perception de la plupart des gens, et aliens au sens originel — des arrivants sur un territoire inhabité. Ils sont les premiers à coloniser la pierre nuïque, en créant du sol pour que tout le reste puisse suivre. 


À travers l’objectif macro, cet organisme se situe à l’échelle humaine. Pas quelque chose à franchir — un pionnier, faisant discrètement le travail consistant à rendre le monde habitable.

*La photographie fait partie de la collection « Alien », un mélange de photographie unique et d’art visuel qui met en valeur la résilience des lichens, leur potentiel cosmique et leur rôle pionnier dans la nature. Cette collection a permis à Etuvgi d’atteindre la finale du 16e Prix Arte Laguna et a été exposée lors de l’exposition des finalistes dans l’Arsenal de Venise.


ABOUT THE PRINT:

Type: Original Fine Art Print (Macro Photography)
Image Size: 30 x 40 cm
Paper Size: 33 x 43 cm
Paper: Archival Museum-quality paper, 100% coton, 300gsm
Edition: 3/15
Authenticity: Signed and numbered by the artist; includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Condition: New, shipped directly from the artist's studio in Sweden.

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EDITION

This work is presented in a Special Catawiki Edition (30×40 cm image on 33×43 cm paper). The artist's larger-scale Studio and Master Editions are sold through premier online galleries; this size is not available through any gallery or platform. It can only be acquired directly from the artist's studio or through selected auction releases. Produced to the same archival standards as all editions.


ABOUT THE ARTIST

Inna Etuvgi is a Swedish-Chukchi art photographer and digital artist, internationally recognised as an Arte Laguna Prize finalist (Venice) and a recipient of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee grant. Born in a remote Arctic village in Chukotka and trained in technical cybernetics, she began her artistic practice in 2020 and has since exhibited across Europe — in Venice, London, Barcelona, Palermo, and San Marino.

Etuvgi lives with aphantasia — she cannot see images in her mind. Her camera and AI serve as extensions of her visual imagination, allowing her to create what she cannot picture internally. Through macro photography she enters the hidden worlds of mosses, lichens, and dewdrops; through digital art she gives form to psychological states and inner archetypes. Both are rooted in a deep sensitivity shaped by her Chukchi upbringing — an instinct to feel into every living thing.

As art critic Tabish Khan notes: "Her work transports us to other worlds — both real and imaginary, but always in harmony with nature."