[[[water bodies]]] series
Contemplating on the sublimity of the unknown sea, [[[sea]]] reflects on the anthropocentric tendency to mediate natural experiences through organisation; choosing only to encounter the ocean through aquarium glass. Translating this into repetitive gestures, Luna enacts their human will in imposing order onto water. Over multiple days, they oscillate through the comfort of control and the labour of structure; a structure they eventually pry off the wall in a show of cathartic futility.
[[[sea]]] consists of 4,200 photo-stickers of an empty aquarium tank, installed and deinstalled over 1 week.
The work speaks on fear and control of nature and lies on the intersections of performance, sculpture and photography.
Each sticker is an image taken of an empty aquarium tank the artist chanced upon on a research trip. Having a fear of the sea that had been cultivated since their childhood, experiencing an artificially blue body of water in its empty vastness was almost a sublime experience for the artist. [[[water bodies]]] illustrates a futile control over fear and nature. The work is an intersection between photography and performance, and stickers are placed in a swimming-pool-tile-like fashion by hand and a small ruller. Imperfections can be seen upon closer inspection—the repetitive gesture is laborious and obsessive. When the rows are complete, the stickers are taken down and stacked on top of one another, forming a "block of sea" as their final act of futile control.
Exhibited at
Far from Sea, I_S_L_A_N_D_S Peninsula
leaking fishtank, Art Outreach Singapore
