Sweet Decay
Time is a ghost, an abstraction shaped by the reality of change. Everything shifts, one thing triggers or cancels the other. It is through these transformations that we understand time.
In this installation, I placed everyday objects—coins, keys and fragments of letters—on steel tables that I constructed. Each object is coated in red candy, forming translucent blocks that resemble preserved specimens, as if a moment has been sealed and held in place.
At first, the objects appear frozen in time. Yet the sugar slowly melts, softening their surfaces and altering their form. What seems preserved begins to dissolve.
The rigid steel tables remain stable while the candied surfaces gradually collapse. Through this slow transformation, the work reflects an attempt to preserve time, while revealing how inevitably it slips away.
Sweet Decay
2022
Mixed media installation, candied objects on steel tables
Various dimensions
“Time is a ghost, an abstraction shaped by the reality of change.”