Sacred navel
Technique: 3000 glasses, knotting technique with nylon string.

 

THE SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBITION 2022

Jury statement: The sculpture resembles a brain in its shape and color. It functions in various ways as a metaphor for human creativity. Take something and transform it into something else. The work consists of plastic spectacle lenses that have been sewn together with convincing craftsmanship. In addition to the work's formal qualities, it focuses on overproduction, sustainability and our need to think differently about the materials we use and surround ourselves with. In addition to associations with the human brain, the work gains relevance by resembling one of the ocean's many abstract organisms in terms of form and focuses on plastic and microplastics that are found in the ocean and that eventually become part of humans' own cycle.