Phoebus Osborne is a multi-hyphenated artist and thinker who assembles spells through video, sculpture, performance, drawing, writing, and sound. At the core of his practice is a deep belief that the composition of materials in relation to one another forms an abundant language of its own—one that is often dulled or flattened by words. His work emerges through methods of embodied observation, playful refusal, and experimental storytelling, creating sensorial matrices that invite the viewer to perceive the world otherwise. Osborne’s practice is a conjuring of materials and moments, where the presence of horses, copper, glass, dawn and dusk, the beach, circumstances of reflection and water, and the body operate as alchemical signals. These recurring elements are not mere symbols but urgent transmissions, guiding us beyond normative constructs of understanding. By engaging the liminal and the poetic, Osborne’s work opens portals to states of knowing that resist easy articulation, demanding to be felt rather than explained.

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