Soil, plants, metal, mirrors, resin, ink, film
Ordered Entropy (2017) is an mixed-media installation mapping the connections between humans and the natural world through shapes and symbols. It was exhibited at the Central Saint Martins Interim Show, 'Somehow You and I Collide' (March 2017).
As you approach the installation, there is a simultaneous sense of order and chaos. On closer inspection, the chaos or 'entropy' increases within the components as you move down the three distinct levels of the metal frame. Shaped like a cube at the top, the frame becomes more irregular, reaching the floor as jagged triangular legs. Succulents hanging from the frame multiply at each level and become larger with more detailed geometric patterns. Faces made out of resin and ink also multiply as you descend, becoming less face-like and more colourful. Triangular mirrors are attached to the frame haphazardly allowing the viewer to connect the faces and succulents at different angles.
Environmentalist Satish Kumar's ecophilosophical trinity cites that 'soil, soul and society' are the key to understanding the interdependence of living beings. Inspired by Kumar's proposition, there is soil on the floor in a triangular shape. A short clip is projected onto the soil of a spinning earth-like form, which accelerates as the clip progresses. As people walk past, their shadows disrupt the projection, changing the visible points of connection.
Although order and predictability are often craved by people, entropy and uncertainty are inherent in Nature.
'The only constant is change.' Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
