Vegetate
2024
Wearable Sculpture and Performance

Vegetate embodies the intricate duality of its name—simultaneously evoking a state of flourishing growth and one of stillness and inertia. This soft sculpture functions both as a wearable mask and a freestanding form, blurring the boundary between presence and absence, transformation and stagnation.  

The piece captures organic movement through the tactile qualities of crochet and knitting, mimicking the slow, deliberate spread of vines or the delicate, suspended state of dormancy. Wool and mohair, chosen for their warmth and resilience, enhance the tension between vitality and stasis—between expansion and retreat. The colors are carefully curated into a palette that echoes the natural world, resembling plants as they take root and spread, intertwining growth with the quiet rhythms of stillness. Whether worn or displayed, Vegetate invites the viewer to consider the fluid nature of being: when does stillness become growth, and when does growth conceal a more profound stillness?