Art project «Great Deeds»
I want to be needed,
The best,
To be useful,
To be perfect,
To leave my mark,
To become more and more,
To become great…
But what if I don’t manage to fulfil my potential.
I’ll be left without realising my desires…
I give the world nothing good,
I mean nothing,
I’m no role model…
Shhh… quiet
What if great deeds are not achievements and merits, but the ability to simply be? A series of ceramic objects born on the ocean shore is a radical re-evaluation of this obsessive belief.
Forms that emerged from the flow of the subconscious and the rhythm of the waves challenge the culture of results. Their value lies in the imprint of the moment, in trust in chance, in the honesty of fingerprints, not in perfection. This is an exploration of freedom through rejecting imposed standards of success.
The project is a personal manifesto. Having travelled the path from entrepreneurship to art, the artist offers a different hierarchy: the great deed is slowing down. Contemplation. The valuable skill of being present in the only time that matters — the now.
Each work is a materialised impression of Brazil’s abundant nature: dried flowers washed ashore, the lines of the hills, the generosity of the tropics. Wild and spontaneous textures record life on the island, and through it — a state of inner freedom, trust in life and deep enjoyment of the moment.
Emphasising the process as its core essence, the project asserts: the path matters, not the goal. The ceramics are accompanied by a photo archive — a visual diary of the life of objects born from a dialogue with the ocean.
Catalog
Works created on the island of Florianópolis in Brazil.
Remember, as in “Robinson Crusoe”: he wanted to build the largest boat, but when he built it he couldn’t move it from its place. Such is human nature — forever striving for the big and the great.
In Brazil I am creating a project that, together with me, rethinks the importance of striving for goals and shows the opposite — life in observation of the present. How the edge of a palm leaf curls, what colour the ocean really is, and what the dried flowers washed ashore resemble.
This is an exploration of freedom through rejecting imposed standards of success. Finding a new state — living in the present moment. It was right here, in Brazil, that I wanted to explore this theme: how environment affects the manifestation of one’s own identity. It is fascinating to observe.
