Power Thorn

Power Thorn, elevates the Murex seashell, the source of the imperial purple known as Tyrian purple, as a symbol of nature’s raw bounty subjugated by human ambition. Echoing Bruno Latour’s observation that "absolute power, cloaked under the guise of nature’s incontestable laws, corrupts more deeply," this shell, with its dark, cave-like interior, evokes ancient technological practices, suggesting that the extraction of this rare dye involved an unpleasant sacrifice and exploitation of nature’s resources.