Rendition of Impermanence
Project details
- Year
- 2023
- Programme
- Bachelor – (de)Fine Art
- Practices
- Autonomous
- Minor
- New Earth
In ‘Rendition of Impermanence’, I invite viewers to contemplate the fleeting nature of life and the beauty that arises from embracing it.
My research project, ‘Rendition of Impermanence’, is a deeply personal exploration of grief, connection, and the transient nature of life. Through the meticulous process of creating lake pigments, I find solace and a way to honour the fleeting beauty of the natural world.
Inspired by the memory of my late mother, who continues to be my greatest source of inspiration, I embarked on this research project to capture the essence and transience of plants and flowers in my local bio-region. By gathering and extracting their pigments, I aim to preserve their fleeting beauty in a tangible form. This process has become a way for me to mourn and accept my mother’s passing, and to explore the interconnectedness between humans and the natural world.
A flower’s life cycle, from a tender bud to a full bloom, and eventually to wilting and dying, is a natural representation of the passage of time. Over time, these pigments will fade or deteriorate, just as flowers eventually wilt and die.
Each petal and leaf in my herbarium represent a moment in time, a moment of brilliance and radiance that will never be repeated. Through this act of preservation, I am reminded of the fleeting nature and the importance of capturing its essence before it fades away. Alongside each delicate specimen, I placed a small colour swatch measuring 3 x 5 cm, a testament to the hues that once graced these living organisms.
The small, standardised size represents a kind of scientific objectivity in the presentation of artistic research. The theme of transience is closely tied to the small colour swatches in my herbarium and the same-sized wood panels. A series of small, fleeting moments or impressions. The small size could also be seen as a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life itself, with each colour representing a tiny fragment of a larger, transitory whole.
If you want to know more about my research and process, you can check out my research document here!
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