Equus Refractus

The Refracted Horse

A series of six mixed-media drawings on cotton paper.

Project Summary

Equus Refractus explores refraction as a moment of transformation. At the centre of the project is the horse — not only as an animal, but as an image of freedom, movement and inner force. In each work, this living force encounters resistance: matter, pressure and the influence of different elemental forces.

Light plays a central role in the series. It is both an organising structure and an active environment. It shapes the image, reveals the fracture and makes the moment of transformation visible. The horse remains recognisable, but its form is bent, interrupted, opened or partially dissolved.

The six works are organised through three elemental pairs: light and darkness, fire and ice, wind and sleep. These elements are both physical and metaphorical. They act upon the horse and reveal different qualities that appear, disappear or change in the process of transformation.

Structure of the Series

he series is organised through three elemental pairs:

Light / Darkness
Per Lumen — through light
Per Tenebras — through darkness

Fire / Ice
Per Ignem — through fire
Per Glaciem — through ice

Wind / Sleep
Per Ventum — through wind
Per Somnum — through sleep