Year of Work: 2025

Suspended mixed media sculpture

Dimensions: 100×55×40cm

This sculpture is constructed from 200 plastic and metal belt buckles, forming a suspended, skeletal human figure. At its core are two donated objects: a wooden souvenir elephant and a plastic cup carrier. Both hold fond memories for their donor yet carry ecological unease — the polluting souvenir industry and the disposable culture of plastic.

The belt buckles, accumulated from anonymous donations, create a dense golden skin. Their interlocking structure suggests how consumption fastens itself to the human body. The single eye, made from plastic cut from a detergent bottle, establishes a reciprocal gaze: the sculpture watches as it is watched.

Below, the small white elephant represents the meaning of the gift we cherish but do not want, the project we cannot justify. The work asks what it means to hold on — and what it might take to let go.