
From The Sea Into The Seas, 2025. Installation view. Photo by Kenta Chai
From The Sea Into The Seas features three moving forms created from discarded materials. Their surfaces, composed of plastics and other discarded materials, signify their movements and where they come from. Each form is assembled from discarded items, grounding them in the materials of their environment.
Hidden inside each form are mechanical parts that bring them to life. However, their movement depends entirely on stillness. They appear motionless, revealing subtle movements only to those who pause to observe. When everything becomes quiet, they come alive, their movements subtle and deliberate.
This behaviour ties the forms to their environment, making their movements dependent on external conditions. Their subtle, rhythmic movements stand in direct contrast to the chaos of their assembly, highlighting the tension between activity and rest.
Shaped by their materials and surroundings, the forms carry traces of what they once were while taking on a different presence. In their quiet interplay with the space, they invite contemplation on the balance between motion and stillness, presence and absence.

Photo by Kenta Chai

