2023
Group Exhibition

Berlinklusion at CLB Berlin, Germany

2023
Wood, mirror, brass, textile, glass, ribbon, plaster, quartz sand
H188,2 × W129 × D129 cm

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Sound of rain echoing between the lines
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Totally unremembered but unforgettable taste
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Unbounded depth of touch
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The smell of wind brings back memories and dances a particle
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Air between visible and invisible
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2023
Wood, mirror, indigo, silver chain, found lucky stone
Mirror: W15.5 × D35 × H2 cm / Chain: 5m / stones; approx. Φ7cm

This was on a peninsula overlooking the Baltic Sea.
An old woman there told me a story about a certain local color.
“Blue is an important color for us.”
I learnt that of the myriad shades of blue, she meant indigo blue.
That indigo blue had been used by people to dye fabrics at home and
it was a familiar color in the local landscape.
She then went on to tell me about the indigo dyeing process.

“Indigo comes from the earth, combines with lime from shells
taken from the sea, and when the dyed cloth is exposed to the wind,
it oxidizes and the color is fixed on the cloth. The chemical reaction
fixes the indigo blue onto the cloth.
When the sea and the earth combine, they become equal.”

I was fascinated by the color of the sea in her eyes as she spoke.
Her words echoed in my mind as beautiful words containing a larger concept.
This description of indigo dyeing seems to symbolize the very environment of this
land, which is made up of sea and land.
The color indigo blue for me was overridden at that moment.
I began to recognize indigo blue as the color of the sea,
land and wind blending together in front of me.