Artwork description: From Somewhere, Someone, and Something explores the process of internalisation that occurs as we interact with people, environments, and experiences, using chemical reactions between glass and oxides.
Artwork description long: My work starts with the question of why we can exist as distinct individuals in an era where everything seems shared and similar. This work explores how individuality is formed and sustained in a hyperconnected society. It also visualizes the process through which experiences and interactions are internalized through chemical reactions between glass and oxides. Through the unpredictability and indeterminacy caused by chemical reactions between different materials inside the kiln, this work explores the form of individual existence. I believe that each person’s individuality is shaped through the accumulation of time and experience. Who we have interacted with, the cultures and environments in which we have grown up, and what we have experienced all accumulate within us over time. These experiences do not simply fade away. They remain within us unconsciously, shaping our own frames and allowing us to see the world through them. During the firing process, the glass inside the mould naturally forms internal structures according to differences in density, temperature, and structural position. In this work, the clear glass acts as a window through which the internal structure can be observed. The work explores material indeterminacy through the unpredictability of the materials and the making process. Through the chemical reactions between glass and oxides, and the flow of their interactions, I aim to express the inner world that develops as we interact with others.
Artwork description long: My work starts with the question of why we can exist as distinct individuals in an era where everything seems shared and similar. This work explores how individuality is formed and sustained in a hyperconnected society. It also visualizes the process through which experiences and interactions are internalized through chemical reactions between glass and oxides. Through the unpredictability and indeterminacy caused by chemical reactions between different materials inside the kiln, this work explores the form of individual existence. I believe that each person’s individuality is shaped through the accumulation of time and experience. Who we have interacted with, the cultures and environments in which we have grown up, and what we have experienced all accumulate within us over time. These experiences do not simply fade away. They remain within us unconsciously, shaping our own frames and allowing us to see the world through them. During the firing process, the glass inside the mould naturally forms internal structures according to differences in density, temperature, and structural position. In this work, the clear glass acts as a window through which the internal structure can be observed. The work explores material indeterminacy through the unpredictability of the materials and the making process. Through the chemical reactions between glass and oxides, and the flow of their interactions, I aim to express the inner world that develops as we interact with others.