The Venus of Riegsee is one such apparition, traced to the shores of a glacial lake in the Bavarian Alps. The hips swell with symbolic gravity, the torso resolves into a central ridge, a sign of intimacy preserved in abstraction. The stone itself, chosen for its mineral resemblance to imagined conditions, bears a quiet weathering, as if lifted from subterranean sleep.

Rematerialized in stone, the virtual body returns to the world of touch. It stands as a relic of futures that never happened.

This speculative data sheet serves as the work’s Certificate of Authenticity and accompanies the physical sculpture. It is the first realized piece from the Universal Venus series and was presented as part of FEMGEN, fourth edition in Paris on October 2025.