Streams, Dreams, and Flow States
A sculptural freehand sketch of a post oil future
Site-specific installation of 3,000 black PVC pipes, 2019
Here Shono explores dreams of a post-oil future through an installation of PVC pipes shaped in unscripted ways and moves towards unforeseen points of conclusion.
The PVC pipes were selected for their inexpensive value, uniformity and their abundance. The character of this bi-product stands in contrast to the power and influence their raw material, oil, holds.
In streams, dreams and flow states, a multitude of pipes are sketched within the interior of the historical, and long abandoned, Khuzam Palace in Jeddah where the first oil exploration agreement between Saudi Arabia and the United States was signed in 1933.
