"SoftPower is a visual allusion to sandbags - objects deeply rooted in the imagery of war zones and natural disasters."
"Typically used for urgent protection and defense, they symbolize fear, pressure, and resistance."
"But in this work, they are stripped of weight. Instead of sand - air. Instead of threat - silence."
SoftPower presents a visual allusion to sandbags, objects deeply rooted in the imagery of war zones and natural disasters. The installation references sandbags' conventional role in urgent protection and defense and the emotions they carry: fear, pressure, and resistance. The piece removes the sand and replaces it with air, deliberately stripping the objects of weight to subvert their defensive function. The transformation converts material threat into quiet absence, turning a symbol of urgency into one of silence and fragility. The result reframes protective infrastructure as vulnerable, contemplative forms that evoke displacement and tension without force.
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