Kromali Festival is gearing up for a major artistic highlight in 2025 with a new collaboration between French artist Mona Luison and Spanish muralist David de la Mano. The duo presents Fragile, an ambitious project that blends mural painting and sculptural assemblage made entirely from recycled materials.
Luison and de la Mano build a visual universe where land and sea merge into a single drifting narrative. The artists describe it as “a group of whales floating adrift among coral remains, or a hybrid image between extinct species, humans, other creations, and tiny universes.” The work takes direct inspiration from the flora and fauna of Réunion Island, a biodiversity hotspot shaped by volcanic landscapes and oceanic life.
In Fragile, chimeric beings appear as if suspended between worlds. Coral, algae, animal forms, and human fragments fuse into an organic landscape that is vibrant, uncanny, and dense with meaning. Species that are extinct, threatened, or emblematic share the same space, creating a living archive that honors ecological memory.
The collaboration captures both the beauty and vulnerability of life. Color, texture, and form combine to celebrate the interdependence of ecosystems while pointing to the delicate balance they depend on. Fragile becomes a call to reflect, to feel, and to reconsider our relationship with the living world.
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