— Fossils of Memory, Tremors of Being —

As we live, we are gradually enshrouded by countless layers of “memory”—culture, beliefs, values.
Before we realize it, our very existence is shaped by these accumulated strata.
Through my work, I seek to peel back those layers and reveal what lies beneath:
a primal, universal memory that transcends the individual—
a memory that sleeps deep within the human collective.

The clay I use is itself a sediment of memory—
a trace of innumerable lives that once existed upon this earth.
By placing my hands upon this soil,
I enter into a dialogue with the unconscious,
gently unearthing faint fragments,
and fixing them into the present through fire.

This process is an excavation of memory’s fossils,
an act of gazing anew at what it means to live as a human being.

Archē, a Greek word meaning “origin” or “beginning,”
is not, in my view, a point in the distant past.
Rather, it is the trembling of existence that emerges
only after we have shed all that has been inscribed upon us.

We live without ever having chosen even the outlines of who we are.
Precisely because of that, there is meaning in contemplating life itself—
before culture, before value, before name.

This work is both a fossil of memory and a tremor of being.
It is a vessel meant to stir the sleeping memories within each viewer,
and to offer a moment to ask:
Who am I, really?