WATER

This artwork explores water as a metaphor for memory—ephemeral, transformative, and layered with contradictions. Like glass, water can melt, harden, or evaporate, shifting between states in a way that mirrors the fluid, fleeting nature of recollection. It reflects and refracts, altering what we see depending on our perspective, much like memories are shaped and reshaped over time.

The piece features necklaces designed to be worn as participants walk along the path of a waterway that no longer exists. These necklaces are symbolic vessels of remembrance, worn close to the body to evoke the intimacy of personal connection to the environment. They serve as a tactile reminder of the absent waterway, an invitation to reflect on its past presence and its loss.

Water, with its duality, holds a powerful resonance: it replenishes and sustains but can also burn—whether as ice or scalding heat. It molds itself to its surroundings yet remains ephemeral, constantly in flux. These qualities echo the transient, transformative essence of memory, asking us to consider what is preserved and what is lost in the passage of time.

By reimagining water as both material and metaphor, Water becomes a reflection on absence, change, and the fragile balance between remembering and forgetting. Together with other works in the Memory Project, it invites contemplation of the delicate, mutable connections between place, time, and personal experience.