The Anthropocene has passed. We are bacteria and calluses, bones and water—cyborgs with branded clothes, shrubs without soil.

CHILDREN OF THE CTHULUCENE is a speculative observation of the present. We portray the alienation of the world, of nature, of the human, and the more-than-human. Just so we can drift from alienation to reconciliation. Just so we can dehumanise ourselves. To be reborn in the rich humus, and the mycelia, the underground constellation of stars. To become trees and mushrooms, every bone; glancing into the fiery sun ablaze at the Earth‘s core. We are standing on the weathered grasses of a scorched world, with dry tears – and full of hope.

„Myriad tentacles will be needed to
tell the story of the Chthulucene.“

„Tentacularity is symchthonic, wound with abyssal and dreadful graspings, frayings, and weavings, passing relays again and again, in the generative recursions that make up living and dying.“

photographer
JENDRIK SCHRÖDER 
@jendrik.schroeder

stylist 
ALICE SECCHI
@iamaliceice

hair artist
TAIGA
@tga_official

make up artist 
KATHRIN HIESELMAYR 
@kathrin.hieselmayr

set design 
ALICE WONG & DAMON LINLEY (TU3 STUDIO)
@tu3studio

producer 
MELINDA HIGHTON 
@melindahighton

set design assistant 
KEVIN CUI 
@keven0seven 

fashion assistant 
JANA STAHLBERG
@janastax

photography assistant 
LUISA NEUNER 
@luisaaa.neuner
&
MARKUS SPITTA 
@markus_spitta

studio and support 
DELIGHT RENTAL 
@delightrent

production 
OFFSHOOT BERLIN 
@offshoot_berlin⁠

model 
SILJA DENT 
@siljadent

model 
MARCELLA MARSCHNER
@marcella1532

model agency 
MODELWERK
@modelwerk

designers

HERON @toxic_heron
NELE WESTERKOWSKY @nele_westerkowsky
CAROLIN DIELER @carolindieler
FRIEDA @mitfrieda
AMADOU MATHIEU @m.amadouo
HELENA STÖLTING @aneleh.gn
ESSIE KRAMER @esssiekramer
EMILY FUHRMANN @cartography_moth
LUCY OWEN JONES @l.ow.j
LION BUSH @lion_bush
BECA ALCORTA @becaalcorta 
KILIAN LANDWEHR @kilianlandwehr
MARLON FERRY @marlon__ferry

(2024)