Dark Matter phase 5 (impenetrable)

The Dark Matter sculptures trace the process of going through and healing from heartbreak. Phase 5 is the blackest darkness, the deepest isolation in utter silence. But although it does represent “rock bottom”, that’s also the most encouraging thing about it. The only way to go from here is up.

Dark Matter phase 5 (impenetrable)

Lithography stone fragment core, paper wire, textile cable
23 cm / 9” diameter
4 kg / 9 lbs.

The base is made of craft cement and measures 14 cm / 5.5" diameter x 5.5 cm / 2.25" high. Its surface is polished to a perfectly smooth, matte finish.

The title “Dark Matter” makes a connection between the astrophysical phenomena and human emotions. Dark matter can’t be measured, seen, or touched; we only can infer its existence based on the gravitational effect it has on other astral bodies.

I see emotions in a similar way: we feel them, but can’t actually touch them; we only know of an emotion’s presence because of the physiological and mental effects it creates in us.