Some collaborations begin with years of planning. Others arrive unexpectedly, through intuition, timing, and a shared artistic frequency. Such was the case with the collaboration between Hedera Argos and my track Taygete, from the album Pleiades. It began when Hedera discovered my music while browsing Spotify and felt an immediate connection to its atmosphere. As a black-and-white photographer and videographer dedicated to capturing fierce energies through her imagery, she reached out with the idea of creating a visual work inspired by my music. The resulting film, Anemone, will premiere in Beernem, Belgium, near the beautiful medieval city of Bruges, bringing our transatlantic artistic encounter full circle.
Anemone × Taygete
Anemone is Hedera Argos‘ audiovisual project, while Taygete is the opening track of my 2020 album Pleiades, which received the award for Best Ambient Album of the Year. Although created independently and on different continents, the two works share a fascination with atmosphere, symbolism, transformation, and the unseen dimensions of experience.
When Hedera first described Anemone, she spoke of its esoteric meaning and of art as something that soothes the soul. Rather than telling a conventional story, the work exists as a vessel for atmosphere, emotion, and inner exploration.
For Anemone, she selected Taygete from Pleiades—a composition built upon layered textures, cinematic stillness, and emotional depth. Moving between darkness and transcendence, the piece unfolds with an atmosphere that feels both intimate and cosmic. Within Anemone, the music becomes more than accompaniment; it becomes an essential part of the visual language itself.
The title Taygete refers to one of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, daughters of Atlas and Pleione who were transformed into stars. Visible across much of the world, the Pleiades cluster has inspired myths, stories, and spiritual traditions for thousands of years. That connection between mythology, celestial symbolism, and inner experience forms one of the underlying threads woven throughout the album.
As a visual artist, Hedera Argos creates imaginary realms where black and white serve as the foundation for an infinite landscape of fantasy and psychological exploration. Drawing inspiration from mythology, symbolism, iconography, fashion photography, Japanese culture, cosplay, rituals, shamanic journeys, and a deeply Jungian understanding of darkness, her works evoke raw and instinctive energies. Rather than guiding viewers toward a fixed interpretation, she creates spaces where shadow, memory, emotion, and subconscious presence are free to emerge.
It is perhaps here that Anemone and Taygete truly meet. Both works inhabit a threshold between stillness and transformation, between the visible and the hidden, between fragility and force. Neither seeks to explain; both invite the viewer and listener into an atmosphere where meaning unfolds through experience rather than narrative.
For me, there is something deeply inspiring about discovering this kind of creative resonance across continents and cultures. I currently call Sedona, Arizona, home—a place known not for medieval architecture like Bruges, but for its dramatic red rock landscapes and almost otherworldly energy. Yet I was born and raised in the Netherlands, Belgium’s neighboring country, which adds another subtle layer of proximity within the distance that separates us.
Over the years, I have traveled extensively and lived in different parts of the world. Because of that, I feel naturally drawn to collaborations that transcend borders and connect different inner and outer worlds. There is something meaningful about finding common creative ground with someone living thousands of miles away while exploring many of the same themes through a different artistic medium.
Hedera describes her artistic journey as an endless dark night of the soul. In many ways, she embodies the mythical creatures she creates as fragments of herself. Perhaps that is what gives Anemone its emotional gravity: it does not merely depict darkness but invites us to sit within it.
A moment of silence in complete darkness. Something hidden within all of us. Not as something to fear, but as something ancient and deeply connected—what some might call our true nature.
Without darkness, there is no light.
Exhibition: Kunst in ‘t Goed | June 20–25, 2026
The premiere of Anemone, featuring Taygete from Pleiades, will take place during Kunst in ‘t Goed in Beernem, Belgium, from June 20–25, 2026.
Following the success of Kunst in d’ Oude Kliniek in 2023, the Art Working Group Kunst in Beernem has launched this new multidisciplinary exhibition within the historic setting of Goed Van den Bogaerde. Bringing together painting, sculpture, photography, light installations, poetry, and performance, the exhibition transforms the site into an immersive artistic landscape where disciplines converge and interact.
Within that environment, Anemone and Taygete become part of a larger dialogue between image, sound, intuition, and consciousness—a collaboration born from a chance discovery, yet one that feels as though it was meant to happen from the very beginning.