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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.
four organic shaped works hung on a white wall

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.

a paper like organic shaped sculpture on a white surface
paper like organic shaped sculpture on a white surface
paper like organic shaped sculpture on a white surface
paper like organic shaped sculpture on a white surface
three paper like sculptures hung on a white wall

Materials: Paper, zucchini, onion, plastic, leaves, pine needles, steel, copper

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I Have Always Been Here by Taísa Helena

‘I have always been here’ is a ceramic and audio installation where women are invited to listen and connect to Mother Earth. The designer embodies the voice of the cosmos, summoning the sun and moon, the elements of nature and the cycle of life in one novel ancient ritual. The ceremony is set around ceramic rings centered by one sphere, that broadcasts the voice of the Earth.


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clay objects on a table with a lamp

Clay for the Process by Katrīna Šatalova

In my project I put focus on the process of interaction with material. I work without sketches or expectations of the final outcome. My intention is to experience a full cycle of clay, so I prepare it myself straight from the ground. The practice reflects anthropologist’s Tim Ingold’s theory on thinking through making.

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