lucie smith

stripped away from its familiar space within the typical domestic environment, the bathtub acts as an artefact alluding to a fragmented recollection of this notion. the vague imprint of my body within typical domestic building material transpires as a tangible objectification of time; referencing the emptiness posed by an abandoned dwelling.
 
the traces of past human interaction on the bathtub’s surface itself demonstrates the passage of time. the decision to acquire it from a previous owner represents the absence of specific nostalgia and attachment to the vessel itself. an often familiar but undesired response to a life spent ever-moving.
 
in the words of ivan illich: “the purity that water restores has a special connotation of freshness and transparency that transforms the innermost being. because of this, it is so associated with re-birth.” it is through this symbolism that the ephemerality of the liquid transforming into solid demonstrates a purifying and cleansing of the soul. the outcome representative of a juxtaposition between fragility and strength. a rebirth as my own creator.