__deepcopy is a series of expanded photographic ‘paintings’ made with layers of digitally printed sheer fabrics. The photographs printed capture the surface of water interacting with Athene’s previous work - her 2022 installation of digitally printed shower curtains containing digital collages of Athene performing with her 2020-21 series of padded paintings. These close-up images blur the real and the fake, while mirroring the meta-regurgitation of imagery we experience online through their dense layering in both the digital and physical realms. These ‘paintings’ appear almost holographic, with the same image doubled and offset; sometimes, one of the pairs is pixelated. Fabric ranges in opacity, with some nearly impenetrable and some that are practically transparent, making you feel like your eyes are out of focus. Aluminium tray frames offer these images up as specimens or microscopic slides.