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Josephine Turalba

Typhon, 2025
1000 spent bullets of calibers 45, 49, 38, 9mm, 22, 5.56, 308,shotgun shells, leather
124.46 x 123.19 cm
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A whirlpool churns, devouring the wreckage of conflict—missiles, rhetoric, and territorial disputes—pulling them into its relentless spin. The surface is a battleground of power plays and ultimatums, where words like...
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A whirlpool churns, devouring the wreckage of conflict—missiles, rhetoric, and territorial disputes—pulling them into its relentless spin. The surface is a battleground of power plays and ultimatums, where words like "stop coercion," "harassing aggression," "firing," "claiming," and "return Typhon missiles" are stitched into the fabric of confrontation. Yet beneath, something else emerges. The turbulence is absorbed, transmuted into a quiet, steady force that fuels life below.
In Typhon, leather and bullet casings are woven into a tapestry of repurposed violence, echoing the ocean’s ability to transform destruction into renewal. Fish swim, trying to pull away, yet the force drags them back—a struggle between escape and inevitability. Human elements—satellites, military vessels, water cannons, laser lights—are sucked into the vortex, swallowed whole by the same forces they once controlled.
At the heart of this undersea world, three sandworms burrow and twist, feeding off the chaos above. They embody resilience, transformation, and erasure—breaking down what once seemed indestructible, returning it to the cycle of life. As debris settles, corals bloom in brilliant hues, fish weave silver threads through refracted light, and anemones sway with the rhythm of unseen currents. The ocean does not resist; it reclaims. In this quiet persistence, beauty emerges—not as a fleeting escape, but as a force more enduring than conflict itself.
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