Carolina Caycedo, When Whale looks at Human (detail)

Up close, the net becomes a sea of small teal diamonds. Pale knotted cord loops across it in one long, wavering oval, an eye drawn by hand, a dark knot of pupil at its center and loose white lines rippling outward like lashes, or currents.
Title
Carolina Caycedo, When Whale looks at Human (detail)
Description
Detail of Carolina Caycedo, When Whale looks at Human (2025), showing the whale eye embroidered in pale cord across a handmade fishing net, Weather and the Whale, Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 2025–26.
Creator
Carolina Caycedo
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Rights held by artist or creator
Photo: Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Part of When Whale looks at Human