Irrigation
2023
Foam, Gridding Cloth
165cm x 120cm x45cm
This work was inspired by the way plants grow and the quiet systems that sustain them. I was thinking about how nourishment — whether physical or emotional - moves invisibly between bodies, much like water traveling through roots.
The structure of Irrigation resembles a strange plant. Its lower body, made of red foam, feels like a heart or root, while the upper blue form extends upward, reaching for air and light. The gridding cloth around it functions like a vascular system — absorbing, connecting, and circulating energy.
The poem grew together with the work. It speaks about stillness, inner drought, and the slow pulse of revival — how sometimes we can't rely only on self-absorption; we also need outside care. The
¡dea of "irrigation" here becomes both biological and emotional: a reminder that growth, in any form, needs tenderness from beyond the self.
I wrote a poem for this:
Soundlessly,
The blue has congealed up,
and all fallen were the clouds in my veins.
All my fantasies were trapped in the net.
The weak breath in my veins strove to arouse the dream, the dry marsh had for the summer.
Wait for the wind to come!
Shadows were looming on your face, the tides were frozen, while stars turning