Phantom Limbs No.2 “the azalea root” (2026)

photopolymer resin, LEDs, acrylic paint, glass balls, iPod nano

9.4 x 12 x 23.6 inch

 

phantom limbs no.1 &no.2, installation view at nunu fine art, part of 603 arts foundation inaugural show “The cataclysm of binary star systems”

 
 

The time of a root begins with the carbon and nitrogen atoms within it, then it germinates, grows, decays, decomposes, and returns to the atmosphere. You can find  bird feathers, seed capsules, a sleeping angels, flowers that are blooming and dying growing from this piece of found root.


When I discovered this root fragment, it was lying in an empty dusty fish tank in an almost abandoned fish and flower market. If you look closely at certain angles, there are glass balls hidden behind the branches refracting moving color fields, which are actually distorted aquarium footages that hold its last pieces of memory after its death, before its rebirth.