Reflecting within postcolonial frameworks, In An Instance is a body of work that draws from the slow, meandering logic of the snail and its secreted trails. It continues an inquiry into how the formation of self-identity is unsettled under nonlinear experiences of time, particularly in moments of loss of consciousness, chemical intoxication, memory lapse, or neurological divergence.
Compass With Eyes Drawn
Plaster, polyurethane resin, alabaster, polyester fabric, steel washers, found wood furniture.
86 × 55 × 39 in
2025
Compass with Eyes Drawn borrows from the snail’s mode of perception. What appear to be a pair of tactile antennae are in fact hybrid sensory organs that integrate vision and tactility into a simultaneous form of perception, engaging the world through continuous adjustment. A protruding, fragile way of seeing kept close to the body.
This embodied vision contradicts the demand for clear definition by proceeding in the interval between the recognizable and the unrecognizable. A mode of sensing that thrives at the intimate interface where a snail’s wet body meets the world, and softens its rigid boundaries with secretions.
It turns back toward the limits of human perception. Clear sight often stands in for recognition, tying what is visible to what can be defined, and folding it into a coherent narrative. Yet perception frequently occurs at the unrecognized edges of consciousness, through the body, in parallel with the present. Despite the structuring narrative.
Bulletin
Polyurethane, steel, magnets, alabaster, found mini-fridge.
43 x 24 x 4.5 inch
2025
Enough for (two spheres)
Plaster, stainless steel, vector drawings cutouts on A4 paper.
Top: 12 × 8.5 × 9.5 in; Bottom: 8.5 × 8.5 × 5 in
2025