To Become by Maria Nurminen
This work explores the moment of change. What happens when something comes to a point of its life cycle, where it ceases to be what it was? At that moment, old structures get dismantled and its substance splits into a countless number of particles. These particles then travel where they are taken to, and become a part of something else.
Change is simultaneously linear and cyclical. This constant change happens everywhere around us, but also within us. All matter – living and non-living – slowly fluctuates in an eternal process of becoming, never returning quite how it once used to be.
Paper, as a material, captures the spirit of transformation in how it was made, and when we use paper it changes again; it becomes a book, an origami, a piece of trash. By experimenting with various materials and turning them into paper-like objects I try to gain understanding of the eternal flux of matter and the cyclical processes of becoming.
Materials: Paper, zucchini, onion, plastic, leaves, pine needles, steel, copper
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