Urban Dissolution: A Trilogy of Absence

This narrative series (13 parts, 12.3x16.8cm) explores the erosion of self and belonging. Moving horizontally, the paper-cut collages document a psychological descent from isolation to global displacement.

Chapter I: The Lonely City
White reliefs invoke Edmund de Waal’s concept of whiteness dissolving forms, just as solitude dissolves the self. Leaning close reveals a "shared secret": a slight contact between houses, proving connection survives isolation.

Chapter II: Displacement
Forms shift to raw, earth-toned fibers, leaning and detaching. This mirrors identity loss and the broader uprooting of people driven by war, poverty, and climate crisis.

Chapter III: During the Night
Heavy black ink shatters the structures into stark silhouettes. Non-nihilistic, whiteness cuts through the darkness in the final images, serving as a reminder of human resilience against disconnection.