송아리 Ahree Song

The Winter Estuary project is a constructive reinterpretation of a river mouth where seawater and freshwater meet. It proposes an accord between existing space and a new environment and reflects the artist’s interest in ecosystems where different entities connect, circulate, and merge at a certain point. Passageways that connect the ocean to the land and lakes to beaches, cross-bedding structures, and deltas served as motifs for this work. The artist designed this project after understanding that an environment comprising different and continuously transposing elements can be visualized within a confined space.

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The artist collected samples from seawater and a river, froze them in a brick-shaped tray, and covered the ice with tape. After 24 hours, the water disappeared, leaving only brick-shaped covers. These molds formed layers similar to the river mouth of a specific region from a satellite view, creating an enormous framework. The artist chose transparent tape as the building material due to its similar texture to ice and its flexibility to change structures, just like the original property, water.