Beyond The Veil

'The Wild Within' is a series of digital artworks that bring new life into abandoned buildings from a bygone era.​Based on real-world physical spaces, a rebirth into a digital realm has been created.Ryan Koopmans & his partner Alice Wexell visited different locations around the world over several years, exploring ruins and photographing structures that have undergone dramatic transition.Upon returning, they digitally introduced vegetation and modified the structure & lighting with the intention of reviving these empty spaces, essentially bringing life back into the rooms.The results are a surreal collision between the past and future, natural and manmade, physical and digital, and the real and imaginary.​ Many of the buildings depicted in 'The Wild Within' have been demolished in recent years, further emphasizing the theme of time passing in the cycle of growth and decay.