A Small Typology of CryingTwo Waters

The artist next to the sculptures, black and white
  1. IDead water
  2. IILiving water

This work is part of a larger personal study of tears and crying.

It consists of two contrasting sculptures and tells two stories that are typologically very similar, but completely different in their emotional substance. Both begin with the imminent departure of someone important to me and with tears.

But:

The first tears were like a dead water — pulling you into darkness.
The second tears were like living water — bringing back light and breath.

There are no poems about the first kind of tears, only wire and thorns.

The second kind of tears gave birth to poetry in me:

My lips became more beautiful because your kisses.

My body became more loved because your embraces.

I became bigger and calmer than a mountain,

more talkative than a mountain stream,

softer than a marshmallow and lighter than the wind.

Under your gaze, roses and peonies bloomed inside me.

Both sculptures on a wooden stand on a rooftop Dead water and Living water side by side The two sculptures against the sky The two sculptures with the city in the background
Materials
  • IClay, glass, ceramic and metal fragments
    Dead water: black clay surface with glass and wire Dead water: black sculpture with glass beads Dead water: chainmail glove draped over the black sculpture Dead water: clay base with glass shards, wire and beads Dead water: black head with wire, thorns and glass beads
  • IITextile, glass, pearls
    Living water: textile rose Living water: white textile sculpture with pearls Living water: lace, ribbons and pearls Living water: textile hand Living water: textile face with a hand
Music

Earphones near each sculpture

  • IDark ambient
  • II“Sampo”, “Dacha” — Petr Nalich