Investigates the dissonance between perceived proximity and emotional distance. By disrupting linear progression, the work challenges assumptions about what it means to come closer—visually, emotionally, and spatially. It asks whether familiarity is a matter of nearness or repetition, and whether intimacy can emerge from disorientation rather than clarity. The piece becomes a quiet study of reversals, where surface and depth exchange roles, and meaning unfolds through subtle contradiction.
Merging explores the paradox of the sea as both an organic and a measurable phenomenon. It considers the wave not simply as a natural event but as a structure. Repetitive, fluid, and theoretically quantifiable, yet ultimately beyond grasp. The piece responds to the tension between what can be calculated and what resists comprehension. By evoking the movement of water through modular repetition, Merging proposes a system where endless variation mirrors the sea’s persistent unknowability. The wave, here, becomes a metaphor for that which returns without ever being the same.
The pattern was etched by hand into a segmented plastic plate, each line carefully calculated to terminate at a countable point along the edge. This system allowed any segment to seamlessly connect with another, enabling infinite recombination. The etched image was then printed onto fabric and assembled into a cascading textile structure that poured from the recess of a wall. The resulting form emerged through both planning and improvisation, guided by the internal logic of the system and the unpredictable nature of sewn material. The final installation was exhibited at Christ Church, Oxford.
