Exhibition: “Marks of existence,” University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park (May 2019)

impermanence, becoming, dissatisfaction

Polylactic acid filament (30 ’x 11’ Installation)

The three-dimensional forms in this site-responsive hanging installation quote simultaneously natural formations, alive creatures, and manufactured artifacts, as these share, in my view, the same source and destiny. The forms pile on to create a drawing in space that moves gently with the circulation of air in the room. Illuminated with warm lighting that casts shadows in a wide range of tonalities, creating complex echoes and depths, the forms force the eyes to continuously move around. This was one of my earliest works in which I begun to brake down the dichotomy between what’s human and what’s natural, portraying their juxtaposition and interconnection instead, propelled by a nascent awareness that romanticized depictions of the environment are a myth and that we are living in a moment in history in which the material world increasingly offers shrinking support.

Video (10:48)