Many Lives of Load-bearing
2025
15x16x37.5cm/6x6.3x14.8in
(HxWxD)
Cement,
steel nails, embroidery, fabric particles and acrylic paints
They appear in groups and are seen in solitude to mark venerable
gestures.
Columns rise, hold, and perhaps falter. They stand with resolve,
are built for weight and endurance. But an objective is not a promise. Time
weathers and purpose eludes with age. A column’s strength may have its
fragility foretold. This work examines the lives of columns as support and
symbol—of vitality, permanence, and their flickering existences.
To immerse within and let water take over our eyes: it can be
poured onto the pod and glide through the crevices to anoint the columns.
Music
and sound effect: Serious Moving Sad Piano by Ashot Danielyan and sound effect
both from Pixabay
