Gold Cycle

Central to my work lies an exploration of the creative process, how this is affected by cultural identity, memory and influences in art from different cultures and traditions and how these factors can aesthetically affect and transform our perception. More specifically, I am interested in how information we have on another country can trigger and develop imagination, desire and escapism, and how it can be visually translated into something that can echo a place or a visual aesthetic but that is imaginary, letting the approximation to become interpretation. In this project I am describing through found objects Hampstead Heath, an island of countryside in the urban heart of London. Once I collected my ‘findings’ I joined them together in little sculptures.  All the objects are decontextualised and rebuilt in studio where I am recreating a feeling of that place and specific moments and memories. The name Gold Cycle comes from the idea of circularity of time and where the seasons repeat themselves in cycle giving a rhythm to the life of the heath and wabi sabi aesthetic that describes the transient nature of life. Each picture is taken at different times of the day from 2 pm till 7pm in different days. The light is natural in order to describe the passing time. Eventually I used gold dust to cover the sculptures to make them unique and valuable and describe the atmosphere that surrounds the heath.