10/24

TOOLS OF REKINDLING

Redefining the act of harvesting as a form of activism for sustainable futures
CURATION
EXHIBITION DESIGN
08/24

UNDER SCORCHED EARTH

A research on Sicily's wild clay and territorial dynamics
PRODUCT
RESEARCH
05/24

LIMINAL LANDSCAPE

An investigation on Mexican wild clay, volcanic matter and sugarcane ash glazes
RESEARCH
SCULPTURE
INSTALLATION
04/24

PYRA

Dining table developed from volcanic stone and charred wood

PRODUCT 
02/24

TEFRA

Sculptural light and exploration of volcanic stone
PRODUCT 
LIGHT SCULPTURE
02/23

DAM VESSELS

Collection of water vessels designed with modular casting
 PRODUCT INSTALLATION
06/22

REQUIEM FOR A RIVER

DAE Degree project on the geopolitics of damming the Mekong River
INSTALLATION PERFORMANCE PRODUCT RESEARCH
12/20

SALINE ROOTS

An investigation on salinisation and mangrove deforestation in the Mekong Delta
INSTALLATION PRODUCT RESEARCH
02/21

SHIFTING SANDS

A participatory performance exploring the threats of sand mining in the Mekong Delta
PERFORMANCE RESEARCH SCULPTURE
06/21

TO MY SIGNIFICANT OTTER

A rewilding intiative on the conception of habitats for otters and multispecies
SPATIAL RESEARCH
03/21

AN ENDLESS RIDDLE

A short film and spatial reflection on the landscape of greenhouse horticulture
MOVING IMAGE
02/21

BLUE FELDTWARE

An experimental collection of stools from waste denim
INSTALLATION
02/18

TALES OF AN ESSENCE 

A participatory  installation and multi-sensory  experience on the herbal essence of St. John’s Wort
PERFORMANCE SCULPTURE RESEARCH
02/18

YOUNGER AMBER

Material explorations from pine resin and its luminous qualities
MATERIAL RESEARCH 
02/18

PEARLESCENT

Sculptural light installation
SCULPTURE 

REQUIEM FOR A RIVER


CATEGORY: Installation, Performance, Product, Research
DATE: 06/22
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nicole Marnati︎︎︎, Jeroen Van De Gruiter︎︎︎, Julien Chaintreau︎︎︎ 

Design Academy Eindhoven MA Degree Project 2022


Requiem for a River features a participatory performance and installation unravelling the geopolitical dominance of the hydropower dam: a border of conquest and control asserting power over shared water resources. Impounding water to generate electric power, these water infrastructures dictate the social and economic fate of downstream countries on the Mekong River.

Working with various bodies of clay and a system of 12 individual modular moulds, allowing multiple configurations to form a collection of vessels and water pitchers, the performance guides participants into the process of ceramic slip casting as a medium to record and embody the imperial dominance of the dam. In doing so, it reveals the dam’s effects on altering natural phenomena such as drought, flooding and sedimentation impacting the precarious landscapes and native populations of the Mekong Delta.