MANDRA
MANDRA explores the conceptualization of motion, where the sense of movement becomes more important than the physical act itself. At its heart, the work questions how the calming and transformative qualities of water can be translated into visual form and spatial experience.
The piece takes shape as a two-meter metallic circle, woven with embroidered blue rope and suspended from a seven-meter-high ceiling by an invisible thread. Developed through traditional embroidery techniques—scaled up with rope rather than delicate cotton—the work appears to float lightly in the space, despite its fourteen-kilogram weight.
Through this process, MANDRA transforms the intangible qualities of water into a physical presence. Its near-symmetrical form, animated by the natural circulation of air, creates a hypnotic, slowly rotating motion that evokes the meditative rhythm of water.
The work emphasizes the tension between weight and suspension, materiality and immateriality, permanence and fluidity. MANDRA invites viewers into a contemplative state, oscillating between the hypnotic and the ataractic, while recalling the subconscious connection between water, healing, and movement.
