Suture

The black structure is made from charcoal that has been cut, assembled, bonded and then carved. Charcoal is neither a coating nor the effect of a burnt surface; it becomes the sculpture’s central material. Fragile, already transformed by fire and ordinarily destined to disappear, it is compelled here to construct, support and endure. Bronze rods pass through this carbonised architecture and hold it open. The contrast is not only material. Charcoal carries the memory of fire, fragility and disappearance; bronze introduces continuity, resistance and permanence.

One appears capable of disintegrating, while the other holds the form in place. The sculpture thus transforms the residue of energy into structure. It holds together two opposing temporalities: a material that already seems to belong to the aftermath, and an armature that continues to exert its force in the present.