The fold of rebirth – The soul that breathes in the ruins
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The installation "The Fold of Rebirth" – a collaborative work – based on an idea by Amanda Du, unfolds as a poetic landscape of fragments, memories, and transformation. At its center is an abandoned crib – an object that simultaneously symbolizes origin and prison. It evokes the beginning of life, but also the first structures that shape the body and mind. From discarded materials – corrugated cardboard, thin rice paper, electrical cables, and plastic bottles – a fragile architecture emerges, characterized by tension and contradiction. The cables appear like roots or shackles stretching through the space, while the light from the LEDs penetrates through small cracks and folds. This materiality speaks of a world in which industrial hardness and human vulnerability are inextricably linked.
Inside the bed lies a human figure—a hybrid form made of coarse cardboard and gossamer-thin paper. It embodies the tension between social constructs and inner being. The rigid material represents the weight of social expectations, while the fragile paper reveals the fragility, but also the resilience, of the soul. The performative dimension of the work unfolds to the music of "Memory." In a ritual act, the body begins to shed the heavy paper coverings. Every crease, every tear in the material becomes a moment of liberation. The sound of the tearing paper transforms into an acoustic metaphor for breaking norms and reclaiming one's own voice.
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The audience becomes part of this process. Visitors are invited to leave their own mark – by writing thoughts or memories on fragments of paper, which are then integrated into the structure of the installation. In this way, the work continues to grow throughout the exhibition, transforming into a collective archive of wounds, hopes, and inner strength.
“The Fold of Rebirth” shows that transformation doesn't arise from a flawless surface, but from the cracks of experience. It is precisely where materials break and structures disintegrate that space opens up for light, movement, and new beginnings.
The installation reminds us that true strength lies not in the thickness of a shell, but in the soul's ability to recover after every injury – like a sheet of paper that, despite all the folds, can always find a new shape.
Artists: Amanda Du & Sonia Siblik
