PI5 / Jon Goebel
Jon Goebel | Hilo, HI
"Atropos"
Etching, aquatint, archival digital printing
2014
My work is an exploration of both how things relate and the potential for attraction. Acherontia atropos (the Death’s-head Hawkmoth), like many other moths, survives on the saps and nectars of various plants. However, this organism has evolved the unique ability to assimilate into a complex social structure of a completely different genus to obtain what it wants. Mimicking the scent of honeybees, this moth wears a chemical disguise and is able to enter beehives, move about undisturbed, and feed on the honey.
Atropos is also the name of one of the three Fates in Greek mythology: the fate who breaks the thread to end one’s life.
PI5 / Jon Goebel
Jon Goebel | Hilo, HI
"Atropos"
Etching, aquatint, archival digital printing
2014
My work is an exploration of both how things relate and the potential for attraction. Acherontia atropos (the Death’s-head Hawkmoth), like many other moths, survives on the saps and nectars of various plants. However, this organism has evolved the unique ability to assimilate into a complex social structure of a completely different genus to obtain what it wants. Mimicking the scent of honeybees, this moth wears a chemical disguise and is able to enter beehives, move about undisturbed, and feed on the honey.
Atropos is also the name of one of the three Fates in Greek mythology: the fate who breaks the thread to end one’s life.