Currents is a wall-mounted sculptural relief composed of twelve papier-mâché rays moving together beyond the edges of the frame. Their bodies extend into three-dimensional space, suggesting that movement cannot be contained within fixed boundaries.
Covered with fragments of old encyclopedias, the rays carry traces of shared knowledge and collective memory. Five of them are marked with imagery inspired by migration and navigation—flocks of birds, nautical charts, and a compass rose—drawing connections between the migrations of the natural world and the long human history of exploration, exchange, and journeys across the sea.
Rather than depicting migration directly, Currents approaches the subject through metaphor. Rays travel across the oceans along invisible routes that existed long before human borders were drawn. Their collective movement evokes the interconnectedness of living beings and the continuous circulation of people, ideas, cultures, and knowledge.
The work imagines the sea as a space of encounter rather than separation, inviting viewers to reflect on the geographical, biological, and emotional paths that shape our shared histories. Extending beyond the limits of its frame, the relief reinforces the idea that movement and exchange inevitably exceed the boundaries we attempt to impose.
