the sculpture|
The sculpture draws inspiration from the form of a stoma, evoking a magnified glimpse into the cellular world of duckweed. In this imagined anatomy, the guard cells have been removed, allowing an opening and closing motion to emerge through a video projection at its core. The piece breathes—oscillating between absence and presence.
It has taken shape in multiple incarnations: the first, equipped with a kinetic system that allows viewers to adjust the sculpture’s height, now resides in the collection of the Redpath Museum. The second—rendered in dry clay—stands as a compacted echo of the original.