cycle                                            2023-24                 description 

THIS INSTALLATION PRESENTS A GIANT SET OF BUDDHIST PRAYER BEADS, CRAFTED FROM BRIGHT ORANGE BASKETBALLS FASTENED TOGETHER WITH METAL BOLTS, SUSPENDED FROM A METAL BEAM IN AN INDUSTRIAL FACTORY SPACE. THE CHOICE OF BASKETBALLS AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS CREATES A STRIKING JUXTAPOSITION, BLENDING THE SACRED SYMBOLISM OF PRAYER BEADS WITH THE UTILITARIAN AESTHETIC OF MASS PRODUCTION. THIS CONTRAST INVITES VIEWERS TO REFLECT ON THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF LIFE, THE INTERSECTION OF SPIRITUALITY AND CONSUMERISM, AND THE TENSION BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE MUNDANE. THROUGH THIS PIECE, THE ARTIST EXPLORES HOW CONTEMPORARY CULTURE TRANSFORMS TRADITIONAL SYMBOLS, QUESTIONING THEIR MEANING AND RELEVANCE IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY MATERIALISM.