MOULDED BELT IN A JAR

MOULDED LEMONS IN A JAR

BEANS SPROUTS IN A JAR

RUSTED BICYCLE CHAIN IN A JAR

From Stasis to Flux

During the personal per course of creating these pieces, my aim has been to explore the ‘relationship of opposites’, through the metamorphosis of the materials in question.

I have been able to investigate different stages throughout the making of this work that finally led me into the shift that my work was waiting for.

‘From Stasis to Flux’ is a room/installation which emphasizes the development of my personal journey within the experimentation and the realization of these pieces, highlighting the shift undertaken within their composition.

‘The relationship of opposites’, in this case expressed by industrial/natural, growth/decay (ex. metal/water, belt/mould...), is a process which involves a development, a movement, a change, therefore, no static object could communicate this interaction.

This room/installation shows this fundamental passage, ‘From Stasis to Flux’, emphasizing the importance of being coherent with the philosophical aspect of the pieces, but mainly highlighting the significant personal growth within the awareness of ‘why and how creating a piece’.

My work has been both visually and intellectually inspired by the ‘dematerialisation of the art object’, a concept very present within the 60s movements of Arte Povera, Pop Art and Fluxus. Nonetheless, a great influence has also been derived within my work from Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus, who believed in ‘the unity of opposites’, understanding the world as a place where nothing remains fixed, where everything is in flux and is constantly being transformed; much like the doctrines of Oriental Philosophy, within the I Ching and the nature of Yin-Yang.

Therefore, after a long period of thinking and tutorials my thoughts finally took the direction that initiated a series of work and experiments that have the coherence to express ‘the harmony of opposites’: ‘constantly interacting, never existing in absolute stasis’. This gives the work a natural per course of ‘self-destruction’, emphasizing the meaning of time through decay.

The realisation of these pieces gave me the confidence and the enthusiasm needed to push myself into this new journey where exploration and experimentation have always been present.