Plastic mesh, 2025
Standing in front of the Pyramids, ‘Null’ becomes a bridge between the ancient and the digital. Its oval form echoes the Egyptian shen — the loop of eternity and protection, once drawn to preserve the soul for the afterlife. In our interpretation, the shen transforms into a digital portal, symbolizing the fragile coexistence of data, matter, and belief.
The sculpture rises from a base made of limestone, the same stone that once covered the Pyramids — a material that carries the memory of their original light and perfection. This foundation connects Null to the deep geological and spiritual time of Egypt, merging the sacred past with the coded present.
“Zero” here is both emptiness and origin, a paradoxical state between presence and absence — the beginning of a new spiritual era defined by networks, codes, and virtual memory. The open oval invites the viewer to step through, to imagine themselves suspended between the real and the virtual, the human and the algorithmic.
Like the Pyramids once aligned with the stars, Null aligns with the digital constellations of our time — satellites, signals, invisible architectures of connection. It is both a tribute and a question: what form will eternity take in the age of data?
This work near the Pyramids feels like the perfect encounter — a dialogue across millennia between ancient metaphysics and contemporary spirituality.
The ‘Null’ artwork was created especially for the ‘Forever Is Now.05’ exhibition organised by Art D’Egypte.
