2024

Sculpture
Metal, glass with special sun reflective coating
(600x80x80 cm)

The notion of 'home' is profoundly important in shaping an individual's worldview, particularly during formative years. It serves as a bastion of security, grounding one's sense of identity within the family and wider society. The loss of home, whether tangible or metaphorical, catalyses irreversible changes in one's life trajectory. This project is a tribute to those who grapple with the upheaval of losing their home and the struggle to regain it. It's also a poignant tribute to the countless Ukrainian children who were kidnapped and torn from their homes and country in the turmoil of the Ukrainian-russian war, as well as those innocents in other parts of the world — Gaza, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, amongst others — whose lives have been upended by war.

The installation consists of 4 tall metal ladders leaning against each other at the top. At the top, where ladders meet, there is a small glass house. The glass used to make the house has a special coating that delicately reflects the surrounding landscape, shimmering with different colours of the rainbow depending on the position of the sun over the horizon.