Half Sugar Cubes
2024
Sugar cubes, plastic bags, cabinet, caramelized sugar cubes, metal mesh, nylon thread
52 x 36 x 45 in

Building A Home series deals with the body and the unconscious mind. The mind and the body are archives of lived experiences. This body of work focuses on my memories and the ways to preserve them.

Building A Home series utilizes culinary techniques to preserve my memories. Salt is used to keep food fresh, I use the same principle by using the salt bricks to keep my recollections unchanged. Similarly, vacuum packing is another method to preserve food. I vacuum and seal the bags to create an anaerobic environment to make my memories last longer. Scientists claim that people unintentionally change their memories every time they recall them. Once our brain has a new version of the event, it erases the former version. We forget slowly and transform it constantly. Building A Home includes a conceptual and playful approach that experiments with preservation techniques, this way the series underlines the strong relationship between the sense of taste and memory.

In Search Of Lost Time In My Grandmother’s Mouth
2024
Salt bricks, fine salt
4 x 95 x15 in

Standing Tall Is Heavy
2024
Brass weights, beeswax, thread, fabric, hair, Water, plastic bag, pantyhose, metal wire, beads, acrylic medium, metal screws
40 x 43 x 3.5 in

Untitled
2024
Beeswax, plastic tubing, wire mesh, resin, spray paint
14 x 43 x 24 in

Photo Credit: Marc Tatti