
Pandemic Portal 1
This limited edition collage print series is about the rapid transformation and awakening moment that was catalyzed by the pandemic in 2020. Never in our human history have we undergone such massive and rapid change. The pandemic “offered us a chance to rethink the doomsday machine we have built for ourselves. Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next,” explains Arundahti Roy.
From a personal view, the pandemic allowed me to recognize that I was moving at an unsustainable pace. I used to be traveling nearly once a week and in 2020 when I created this piece, I was mostly in one place. This allowed for me to be more rooted, present and balanced.
The pandemic...