2019
Lava stone beads, golden threads
6m X 4m X 4m
Inspired by volcanic eruptions and stellar formation, this installation suspends thousands of lava stone beads on fine golden thread. Lava, once molten and volatile, now exists as cooled residue—evidence of past rupture and transformation. Suspended in space, each bead becomes a fragment within a larger field of tension.
Volcanic and cosmic events share a paradox: destruction and creation are inseparable. Landscapes are remade through eruption; stars are born from collapsing clouds. The installation does not illustrate these phenomena but translates their structural logic. The beads suggest particulate matter dispersed through space, while the threads generate an invisible network that binds individual elements into a cohesive system.
Rather than symbolizing the universe, the work stages a condition of interdependence. Each suspended unit relies on tension distributed across the whole. Remove one strand and the balance shifts. The golden threads function not as decorative metaphor but as structural connective tissue, revealing how force, gravity, and relation sustain form.
The installation invites viewers to experience scale and fragility simultaneously. What appears expansive and celestial is held together by precise, delicate lines. Creation and collapse coexist within the same suspended moment, suggesting that transformation is not an event, but an ongoing systemic process.