Star Dust I & II / 2022
Solo Exhibition-Lime & Tangerine in a Wormhole
Star Dust I & II reimagine the celestial as tangible remnants—the bone-white, spiky forms delicately placed on a dune of black aquarium sand. Inspired by a 15th-century apocalyptic illustration*, the work evokes the image of stars fallen from the sky, the “corpses” of distant, ancient stars. This piece explores the profound relationship between light, time, and memory.
The stars we see are not present but past events, their light traveling a vast distance across cosmic time to reach us. To witness these stellar forms is to look backward through time, to experience a journey into a distant past illuminated by echoes long extinguished. By bringing this celestial time-travel into the physical space of the gallery, Star Dust invites contemplation on the impermanence of existence and the enduring traces of history embedded in the universe’s vastness.
*Falling Stars. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France, ca. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r
The stars we see are not present but past events, their light traveling a vast distance across cosmic time to reach us. To witness these stellar forms is to look backward through time, to experience a journey into a distant past illuminated by echoes long extinguished. By bringing this celestial time-travel into the physical space of the gallery, Star Dust invites contemplation on the impermanence of existence and the enduring traces of history embedded in the universe’s vastness.
*Falling Stars. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France, ca. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r
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