On Losing Meaning

Robotics petroleum jelly, wax, graphite and pigment.


A word searching for its meaning. As the form traverses a performative space, it moves freely, creating its own marks as it loses its original form, reading and meaning. Through this, the artist invites audiences to consider notions of fluidity and rigidity within the interpretation of text, and the power of mark-making in the birth of new transformative landscapes of meaning.

A black, abstract sculpture resembling a stick insect, made of rough, textured material, stands on a white surface with ink splatters and scribbles around it.
An abstract sculpture of a stick figure made from dark, textured material, positioned on a white surface with black ink-like markings and lines.
A black and white image of a fallen take of a toy airplane on a white surface with black markings, a wire hanging from the plane, and an object resembling a small piece nearby.
A broken, black plastic object resembling a toy airplane or drone lying on a white surface, with a small piece nearby and faint smudges or dirt on the surface.

The sculptural machine was created in collaboration with the robotics work of Benjamin Panreck and technologist Noah Feehan. Original audio composition by soledxb, is a collaborative composition titled, Chasing the Sun's Shadow, and was created and composed by Orbital Patterns, Quintin Christian, and Rajat Malhotra, using modular synthesis, organic found sounds, and audio excerpts of conversations with the artist.

Audio mastering: Audioanimals.

Curated by Philip Tinari & Wejdan Reda

Commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation