Origin: scent of mom

Year: 2020
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 28.5 x 35.5 in
This monument made of food waste is where I come from and it is not just warm and cozy. To visualize this on a canvas, I went through a process of making a sculpture. I gathered food waste, fermented it, brought it out to a public space and stacked  it up in an unstable way.

A potential that I saw in the process is to cherish every opportunity to think more deeply on the way. To elaborate, when I fermented the food, I was apologetic about the stinky smell to those who share the studio space, to conserve the relationships. However, I realized that there are special dialogues that are made possible only because I created such situation.