In Andrey Tarkovsky’s film Solaris, the planet materializes memory, emotion, and fantasy — confronting rational scientists with the limits of reason. Excavation of Solaris emerged during the early months of the pandemic, when rationality collapsed and life shrank into domestic repetition and disorientation. In this state of uncertainty, I tried to imitate the planet of Solaris — to allow memory, emotion, and fantasy to surface through matter.
Every day, for three months, I created an object using the leftover materials of my daily life. I worked without planning or interpretation, transforming garbage not as waste, but as a carrier of time. These objects became a research into how the past could be reimagined through unconscious repetition matterly. The fragments were later installed on ceramic tiles from my home floor, materializing the entanglement between human presence and residual matter. The work is ongoing — a lifelong project born in emergency