Dissolving DissLoving
Material
titanzinc
Year
2024
Dissolving dissolving is a fragment of a metal grid that at first glance gives the impression of strength and protection, but upon closer inspection reveals its fragility and transience. The originally strong and impenetrable material slowly disintegrates, its structure loosens and changes under the pressure of time and external influences. This decaying process becomes a key motif that explores the passage of time, the disappearance of fixed boundaries and the natural processes of decay.
This slow, natural decay works against the strength of the material and reveals its vulnerability – even hard metal succumbs to the inevitable process of erosion. In this way, it provokes questions about the impermanence of structures that we consider indestructible. We imprison not only things that scare us, but also those for which we do not feel love or understanding. These boundaries give us the illusion of safety, while leaving behind all the “undesirable” parts we try to push out. However, the disintegrating grid suggests that sooner or later these barriers will begin to break down, and everything we wanted to remove may come closer again. Dissolving dissolving thus shows that our effort to keep a distance from the undesirable is only temporary. As the grid unravels, it becomes increasingly clear that the line between “acceptable” and “unacceptable” is gradually being erased, and that there really is no definitive separation. This decomposition process reminds us that what we reject or misunderstand may be the very thing we need to integrate or understand.
© Dita Lešovská 2024
Dissolving DissLoving
Material
titanzinc
Year
2024
Dissolving dissolving is a fragment of a metal grid that at first glance gives the impression of strength and protection, but upon closer inspection reveals its fragility and transience. The originally strong and impenetrable material slowly disintegrates, its structure loosens and changes under the pressure of time and external influences. This decaying process becomes a key motif that explores the passage of time, the disappearance of fixed boundaries and the natural processes of decay.
This slow, natural decay works against the strength of the material and reveals its vulnerability – even hard metal succumbs to the inevitable process of erosion. In this way, it provokes questions about the impermanence of structures that we consider indestructible. We imprison not only things that scare us, but also those for which we do not feel love or understanding. These boundaries give us the illusion of safety, while leaving behind all the “undesirable” parts we try to push out. However, the disintegrating grid suggests that sooner or later these barriers will begin to break down, and everything we wanted to remove may come closer again. Dissolving dissolving thus shows that our effort to keep a distance from the undesirable is only temporary. As the grid unravels, it becomes increasingly clear that the line between “acceptable” and “unacceptable” is gradually being erased, and that there really is no definitive separation. This decomposition process reminds us that what we reject or misunderstand may be the very thing we need to integrate or understand.