Metamorphosis

‍Presenting Metamorphosis – an immersive installation that focuses on the human psyche. This project will make the public question past memories of the natural landscape and form new ones. It will make the viewer question what's real and what has been imagined in hopes to formulate their own questions and ideas about the work.

Using recycled scrunched paper on a chicken wire armature, Metamorphosis is an adaptation of new and past works. It uses similar processes and materials of construction but focuses on the viewer's perspective and ideas. In the past, my works have had a prominent focus on my memories, experiences and ideas, but I am beginning to learn that our ideas are far greater together.

With large roots growing out from the gallery’s wall, they infinitely spread and crawl over the floor, walls and ceiling in different shapes and sizes. The viewer will experience the work by walking around and through the meandering roots which mimic the network of thoughts and ideas inside our brain. The shadows and warm lighting projected on the walls and roots create a dream like quality. The use of recyclable materials represents my ethical background and aims to showcase the beauty of quotidian objects.

The network of roots have been inspired from nature. Specifically for me, they are drawn from childhood memories in New Zealand but aim for the public to reflect on their own memories from nature.

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Metamorphosis, 2021  

chicken wire, paper, wire, hot glue, rope  

dimensions variable

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