ONCE WE RULED THE WORLD
REFLECTIVE INTERFACE (2025)

Reflective Interface unfolds as a sculptural timeline in which past, present, and future converge through material transformation. Hand-cut wood bears engraved ferns-fossil-like imprints that echo prehistoric life and anchor the work in deep time.

Narcissus flowers emerge as symbols of ego and vanitas, reflecting a culture shaped by self-image and projection. Interwoven with circuit-like patterns, these organic forms extend into the digital realm, where identity and perception are increasingly mediated by technology. Black, mirror-like surfaces evoke smartphones and omnipresent screens, objects that do not simply display the world, but return it to the viewer, implicating them within the system they inhabit.

Here, engraved wood, carrying memory and trace, meets polished, reflective planes that suggest the friction between the tactile and the virtual. The series expands into metallic tones, materials intrinsic to digital devices, exposing what is typically concealed: the infrastructure beneath the interface, the physical substrate behind the illusion.

Reflective Interface positions past, present, and future within a non-linear temporal framework, foregrounding the persistence and mutation of forms, symbols, and systems across shifting material and technological conditions.