This is a project about process. About the time it takes to position a stem next to a flower. About the space you leave in between them. It's the stripping back of small leaves and branches so that your eye has a path to follow. And about considering the softness of a plant against the hardness of a block of concrete.
The project culminated in an exhibition showing video, ikebana installations and photography .
All the arrangements experimented with vessel materiality not typical to a traditional Ikebana composition - using architectural brick and concrete samples as well as monolithic concrete scupltures by Meghan Ho-Tong.
Team: Meghan Ho-Tong, Cynthia Fan, Alix-Rose Cowie
Concept & Direction: Meghan Ho-Tong, Cynthia Fan
Ikebana, Video Performance and Exhibition Design: Meghan Ho-Tong & Cynthia Fan
Photography & Video: Alix-Rose Cowie
Music: Ross Dorkin
Year: 2017