In Bird, Plane, Butterfly, Nausikaä invites the viewer to slow down, embracing the power of contemplation and observation to experience the natural interconnectedness and wonder within our everyday surroundings. To explore this theme, Nausikaä has, in recent years, collected photos, drawings, and writings during her wanderings through major cities around the world.

Initiated & produced by: Antoinette Nausiekaä, editing & compilation: Antoinette Nausikaä, Ellen Sanders, Jeremy Jansen, photography: Antoinette Nausiekaä, Lithography: Marc Gijzen, final editing: Eleonoor Jap Sam, design: Jeremy Jansen, printer: RobStolk

Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund, Stichting Jaap Harten Fonds, Stichting Stokroos, het Cultuurfonds, Amarte Fonds

This publication was published on the occasion of the exhibition COSMOS at Teylers Museum, Haarlem (February 14th – June 29th 2025)

COSMOS explores our changing relationship with the stars. This publication offers an intriguing dialogue between scientific objects from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and contemporary artworks. It demonstrates how imagination - both in art and science - drives our cosmological awareness and helps us grasp the vast, infinite story of the universe. 

Curator Teylers Museum Rieke Vos, designer Eva van der Schans (Inedition), and publisher Eleonoor Jap Sam

Author Marjolijn van Heemstra

Curator Teylers Museum Rieke Vos, publisher Eleonoor Jap Sam, and designer Eva van der Schans (Inedition)

Editing & compilation: Rieke Vos, authors: Marc de Beyer, Marjolijn van Heemstra, Trienke van der Spek, Else Starkenburg, Rieke Vos, final editing: Eleonoor Jap Sam, design: Inedition, Eva van der Schans, translation: Robert van de Walle

Made possible with the support of OCW, Vriendenloterij, Teylers Museum Vrienden Fonds, Gemeente Haarlem, Jap Sam Books