08/24

UNDER SCORCHED EARTH

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

10/24

TOOLS OF REKINDLING

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

08/24

CLAY ARCHIVES

An on-going research  about soil and its post-industrial narratives
MATERIAL 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︎︎︎, Ilya Lindhout︎︎︎
VIDEOGRAPHY: Dimitry Suzana︎︎︎

Design Academy Eindhoven MA Degree Project 2022︎︎︎ Supported by Fonds Kwadraat︎︎︎

Performance-lecture and workshop featured at Sandberg Instituut︎︎︎, as part of the “Tapping Water” Symposium curated by Non-Depleted (Nina Blume︎︎︎ & Sebastian Guzman Olmos︎︎︎)


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.