The Exigency of Hope
Finalist Tatiara Prize

100cm x 100cm x 12cm
Fired Ceramic
 

Each face tells a story.

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Pain is inevitable in the process of healing. Wounds are not always physical. They can be invisible and manifest in the form of emotional scars, psychological traumas, and mental breakdowns. This installation expresses the metamorphosis of healing through transformation and the exigency of hope.

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Everyone who undergoes trauma, feels fragmented and incomplete. These faces contemplate in silence and meditate on hope. The colour white symbolizes a new beginning or a fresh start, like the start of a healing journey.

 

Through the prism of pain, it mirrors the cold, stark isolation of hospital rooms. While in a positive light, it signals purity, sterility and cleanliness.