Works

The spaces we inhabit are more than physical places. They are shaped over time through the accumulation of memories, relationships, and traces of those who have passed through them. We live our present upon what others have left behind, just as our own lives become part of the foundation for someone else’s future. Creation and disappearance, dwelling and departure, are not opposites, but moments that coexist along a continuous passage of time. Mangroves, taking root at the threshold between land and water and gradually creating new ground, embody this way of life. Their aerial roots extend in all directions, gathering drifting fragments and binding them together into a foundation. Over time, these accumulated traces settle and form solid ground. This ecological process of rebuilding—forming new ground while carrying what has come before—reflects the way we continue to shape our lives while holding on to the memories of the past. The organically intersecting pipes, joining together and extending upward, evoke the ways individual lives connect, support one another, and expand through relationships. Bearing one another’s weight, the pipes form a structural foundation, while the surfaces resting between them become places where the rhythms and gestures of everyday life can unfold. Just as new ways of living take root where someone else’s time has once lingered, the work traces the process of rebuilding life upon the traces of others, allowing what remains of one life to become the ground for another.