Spiral as Universe
Artwork’s Slogan: “A single spiral holds the possibility of countless worlds.”
Title: Spiral as Universe
World: Human Garden
Direction: Project Works / Grammar of Symbols
Medium: Silkscreen Print on Archival Paper
Artwork Dimensions: Approx. 30 × 42 cm | 11.8 × 16.5 in
Format: Vertical
Framing: Unframed
Edition: Limited Edition of 20
Archive Number: GS-HG-006-2025
Authenticity: Archival & Collector Documentation
Year: 2025
About Artwork:
Spiral as Universe belongs to Grammar of Symbols, a series investigating how recurring symbols of Human Garden acquire new functions through scale, context and relationships.
In 12 Inner Symbols, the Spiral represents movement, evolution, return and transformation. Here, the same form enters a different scale of existence.
The spiral becomes the organising centre of a symbolic universe. Points suggest celestial bodies, circular forms evoke planetary systems, and delicate lines establish trajectories and connections across the surrounding field.
Elements familiar from the botanical language of Human Garden begin to resemble cosmic structures. The visual relationship between organic growth and celestial movement creates a passage between the microscopic and the immense.
Unlike Spiral as Growth, where a single living structure unfolds outward, this composition explores how multiple elements can coexist within a larger interconnected system.
The spiral retains its recognisable form, yet its function changes through scale. What once described an individual movement now becomes an organising principle for an entire field.
Through the graphic language of silkscreen printing, the contrast between concentrated marks, circular trajectories and open space creates a visual map of interconnected worlds.
The universe is not a single form expanding, but a field of relationships held within movement.
In Spiral as Universe, the symbol becomes a structure through which different scales of existence can be imagined as parts of one living system.