impermanence
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ink pen and thread on tracing paper, embroidery hoops, 10 cm (each), 2024
Impermanence consists of a triptych with three embroidery hoops connected to each other through a thread — two composed by an empty space with this single thread passing through, and one composed by a drawing on tracing paper that is pierced by the same thread that runs through the whole work. It is a small-scale work, in which the image aims to evoke a slight change of movement and the thread aims to evoke the idea of linearity and passage of time, reflecting on how the passage of time is at the same time imperceptible and deeply remarkable.
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process
The work was made in the context of the In-between exhibition, which happened in the UAL Space at Peckham Levels in July. Since the proposal was for the exhibition to bring small-scale works that reflect on the idea of liminality and limits, I decided to purchase 10 cm embroidery hoops to compose the piece.
The circular shape constantly makes me think of cycles, connected with the concept of time and reflections of life. By proposing a small — even unnoticeable — movement of a head, I tried to explore this impermanence of the being and of the body, at the same time that it is constantly repeated in this circular motion throughout life. The tracing paper was once again selected as the surface of the work to be able to create a physical and imagetical layer to represent this slight movement through the element of the drawn line.
In a later tutorial with Gavin Edmonds, in October, he pointed out the attention to details present in the work, and recommended that I could perhaps cut the first piece of thread as a way to represent the starting point of the past (thread on the first embroidery hoop on the left), that runs through present (middle circle) and future (last circle, that contains the running thread as time continues indefinitely).
This was really inspiring, especially as my research is also based on paying attention to details. It was a reminder of how those small parts still convey a lot of the message that I want to communicate, and that I should try to be always conscious of every piece of the process (or, at least, to reflect on it afterwards).
process
In the exhibition, as my work and Hyeyeon Chung’s work were both composed of three pieces, we decided to install them in a place that they could be viewed separately when walking through the space, but at the same time creating a certain dialogue when standing in front of the pillar. It was almost as if the pillar in the centre of the space was creating a new dimension for both works, dividing them but almost bringing them together as well.
This curatorial decision made me think of how the subject of the exhibition could be once again evoked by the position of the works in the space, through the communication that every piece individually creates with others surrounding it. I develop more ideas on the exhibition in the In-between exhibition page here.
Impermanence exhibited in In-between @ Peckham Levels, July 2024