Metamorphosis and Transformation

…..metaformation?

One thing becomes another.

• met·a·mor·pho·sis

• noun: metamorphosis; plural noun: metamorphoses

• (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

• trans·for·ma·tion

• noun: transformation; plural noun: transformations

• a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.

• "its landscape has undergone a radical transformation"

• synonyms:change, alteration, mutation, conversion, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transmutation, sea change; More

Where do we see transformation in nature?

Seasons

Life Cycle

Evolution

In mythology

The Coyote “The Trickster”

Selkie

In art

• Metamorphosis in art can be expressed in all FORMS.

• Photography, Painting, Drawing, Dance, Film, Writing, Sculpture, Installation art.

• Metamorphosis is a concept of change and transformation. An idea. Therefor art can be the tool in which to express this idea.

Mc Escher Teselations

Salvador Dali

Photograph

Mathew Barney

Andy Warhol

Print

Cindy Sherman Film Stills

Sculpture