When you look a little closer at this fresco you might notice some familiar imagery. A bird with the feathers of a tulip, or a frog rowing a boat made from a clog. Inspired by Dutch folklore Metamorfaunes transforms traces of Dutch culture into new whimsical fairytales.

The Metamorfaunes are hybrid creatures, chimeras, incorporating elements of flora and fauna to create imaginary characters that connect the past and present. Like early cave-paintings, these handmade sketches are dreamlike, often uncanny hallucinations with comical twists. Each tells a story that gets deeper the closer you look.

Although it appears as one unified image it's actually made up of ten individual panels that seamlessly overlap, blurring the lines between each character and each scene. It's not a digital but an analogue projection that's only revealed at night, lending to the mythical nature of the stories it tells.

Just like the city around us, with souvenir and cheese shops, thinking about legacy and Dutch culture can quickly become a cliché. But it is, nonetheless, a trace element of the culture. Through the familiar sense of folklore, Luminariste turn them into a myths and legends rather than truths, inspired by the past rather than being defined by it.