Links
Rubber
Thousands of rubber bands are chained together and looped onto a circular form. This work explores themes of transformation, renewal, and material memory. Processed rubber is reconstructed into the likeness of a latex tree, suspended by gravity rather than growing against it. Links reflects on the weight of change and invites viewers to consider what it means to evolve at a cellular level.
Despite transformation, materials retain traces of their origins. Through repetition and accumulation, the rubber bands are woven into a new structure that simultaneously conceals and reveals its source. The work suggests that change is not a complete departure from what came before, but a continuous process of becoming. Embedded within the material is a memory of its former state, allowing it to express both its transformation and its origins at once. In this way, the piece considers how identity persists through cycles of adaptation, growth, and renewal.