Suspense, Hugues Reip, 2009

Gift of the artist An enlarged caterpillar suspended on a branch, the caterpillar is a "Cerura Vinula", also known as a "Forked Tail", "Vinule" or "Great Harpy". For the artist, who has a taste for illusion, enchantment and parallel universes, it echoes the silkworm in Lewis Carole's cult novel. Alice in Wonderland that magnifies the art of illusion.
"Are you happy with your current size?" asked the caterpillar. "Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to be a little taller; eight centimetres high is a very small height indeed," said Alice. "I think it's a very good size!" replied the caterpillar angrily, standing up to her full height (she was exactly eight centimetres tall). Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, 1865