Funerary Urn (2025)
In 2025, the installation "Funerary Urn" was showcased as part of the exhibition "The Light of Silence: Art, Nature, Contemplation," held from March 27 to April 7, 2025, in Moscow, Russia, at 11/1 Velozavodskaya Street, within the Andrey Tyrtyshnikov Art Cluster. The work was also included in the exhibition’s online catalog, available at the provided link (Check the link).
Context
Installation;
This work embodies the idea of environmental cyclicality and its capacity for rebirth even after destruction. The urn, traditionally a symbol of an ending, becomes a source of new life — from its soil emerge cornflowers, a flower symbolizing resilience and courage.
Here, death and life coexist within a single vessel. Eco-ceramics and living soil emphasize the natural cycle in which decay gives rise to growth. It refers to irreversible processes: the collapse of ecosystems, extinction of species, and depletion of resources. Yet, even in the face of destruction, the environment persistently reaches toward regeneration.
The piece is a reminder that every human impact on nature has consequences. And although the destruction may seem total, the potential for rebirth remains in the soil itself. The question, however, is whether humanity gives this process a chance — or continues to erase all traces of life from the face of the Earth.
Urn dimensions: height — 30 cm, diameter — 18 cm;
Eco-ceramics, black soil, cornflowers.
This work embodies the idea of environmental cyclicality and its capacity for rebirth even after destruction. The urn, traditionally a symbol of an ending, becomes a source of new life — from its soil emerge cornflowers, a flower symbolizing resilience and courage.
Here, death and life coexist within a single vessel. Eco-ceramics and living soil emphasize the natural cycle in which decay gives rise to growth. It refers to irreversible processes: the collapse of ecosystems, extinction of species, and depletion of resources. Yet, even in the face of destruction, the environment persistently reaches toward regeneration.
The piece is a reminder that every human impact on nature has consequences. And although the destruction may seem total, the potential for rebirth remains in the soil itself. The question, however, is whether humanity gives this process a chance — or continues to erase all traces of life from the face of the Earth.
