Keeper / 2025
Solo Exhibition - Fabric of Belonging.Re-imagined as a silent keeper, the humble urban tree grate reveals a quiet tension—how it both cradles and confines the fragile breath of nature amidst the concrete sprawl. Born from the earth’s need for air and water, this everyday guardian becomes a sculpted boundary, a delicate cage that shelters yet restrains the steadfast tree beneath. It is a symbol of nature captivated by human design, caught between the desire to nurture and the impulse to control.
Framed on the wall, this fragment of the city invites the gaze to linger, to contemplate the delicate balance between the strict order of human intent and the resilient pulse of life that insists on belonging—that is, adapting and enduring—within the very spaces humans construct. Here, in this captive embrace, nature finds its place—not untouched or wild, but present and persistent, claiming a fragile sense of belonging amid the structures and boundaries we create in the heart of the urban sprawl.
Framed on the wall, this fragment of the city invites the gaze to linger, to contemplate the delicate balance between the strict order of human intent and the resilient pulse of life that insists on belonging—that is, adapting and enduring—within the very spaces humans construct. Here, in this captive embrace, nature finds its place—not untouched or wild, but present and persistent, claiming a fragile sense of belonging amid the structures and boundaries we create in the heart of the urban sprawl.
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