송아리 Ahree Song

My project is about the moment when matter is changed through non-natural means. I explore the incomplete identity that results from this arrested development. I capture the process of change by applying clear urethane sealer to a fruit in its freshest condition. I
make a hole in the surface of the urethane, letting the changes progress before sealing the hole, preserving the status of decay. I started working on this kind of manipulation because I was keenly interested in the potential for identity to be established in wholly new ways. My work tends to focus on the identity of an object within the containment of a fabricated environment. I try to visually stimulate viewers by making changes to objects with fixedidentities.

I created Contained Time to explore the transformative properties of fruits and vegetables by capturing the moment in which they undergo a physical change. I put urethane primer, used for waterproofing rooftops, on fresh fruit and vegetables. With near-perfect isolation from outside air, the fruit avoided traditional decomposition: the putrefaction in which it disintegrates gradually through microbes. Instead, it liquefied. To confirm this transition, I smelled and tasted the liquid once a year after breaking open the work. Even though the produce changed its form, it retained its original aromas and flavors.