Emotions held between tension and looseness.
The Flower Room
Would you still come in?
Flowers as a motif have existed in my life for a long time. I first entered them as a JC student, when I turned a room into the tender inside of a flower.
01 / Ambiguity
The room inside the flower.
I used flower as the main subject for an art installation exploring The Ambiguity of Relationships. A relationship can feel soft from the outside, but become uncertain once you are inside it.
Ambiguity is the state of having two or more meanings. Entity asks whether the relationship is about the person I am sharing it with, or about the “us” that forms between us.
The Ambiguity of Relationships, turning a room into the tender inside of a flower.
Entity
us / you / me
What is underneath the tension? Comfort, or a borderline?
Positions in the relationship. Secured or insecure. Balance or imbalance.
The core of the relationship. Is it real, or is it fake?
Is it genuine, or is it a trap?
02 / Noticing
I could not stop looking.
From then on, I could not stop admiring the flowers around us: roses on the street, bouquets in a flower shop, or a wild flower I saw while travelling.
They became a way of noticing. A small proof that beauty can appear without asking to be kept.
03 / Slowness
Ikebana taught me to slow down.
At my lowest, I learned ikebana while I was in Japan. Flowers became less about decoration and more about pace, attention, and the space around a stem.
04 / Practice
Petal after petal.
I used flowers as the motif for the brand of the fintech company I worked in, and it was so well received. I painted flowers after flowers, exploring the texture of petals, the beauty of their layers, and the subtlety between colours and gradients.
I love the transient nature of flowers, from blossom to withering. I love how colour transitions from bright, luxurious, luring red to grounded brown and mustard. In flowers, I witness life, feeling, and beauty. I think I will continue to explore this subject for life.
