Bridging
One word, a wide range of interpretations
What bridges us? And where? Is it a bridge itself? Or our own emotions and thoughts?
During our first brainstorming, I thought about means that bridge or replace us physically including a bridge, a lift, a ramp, or stairs. I deeply thought about the interpretation of the instructions and decided to work with the stairs.
Although stairs might seem to be superficial, I progressively thought about other ways of interpretation that stairs carry with them. I tried to realize which feelings people can experience on stairs including the fear of heights or instability. We can also use stairs as some kind of tracker of our personal or career growth. Generally, stairs are seen as rising, so should we rise.
Is it always true, though?
I am aspiring to express the meaning that climbing up the stairs does not always necessarily mean success. Even though we might have a feeling that reaching our goal is almost here, some unplanned situations ruin our plans, and everything can change in a minute. It can be some disease or bad grade at school.
The shape and appearance of the composition determine the gradual decline of the material in the upward direction. There is a breaking point approximately above the half of the stairs when we “bridge” to the opposite direction. We perceive two levels that communicate something, and, at the same time, their whole shape and the same material, used in the composition, mutually complement each other.
I see the whole composition as a sort of metaphor and physical rendering of an idea that it carries.
Find your own expression…
