Where the Sea Holds Us (2026)

The Tomb Tower at Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La Napoule, Côte d’Azur, France

This installation traces how connection persists—across separation, time, and unseen space.

Developed within the tomb tower during the La Napoule residency, the work is positioned above the tombs of Henry and Marie Clews, whose remains lie apart, in anticipation of reunion. Conceived as a portal, the work emerged from a vision of passage—one in which love moves across distance, between bodies, and across time.

A reflective surface, activated by seawater, forms a shifting threshold—between absence and presence, between what appears and what withdraws. Within this space, a quiet gesture of transmission is embedded—carrying love across temporal distance, toward Henry and Marie, and the possibility of their reunion.

The installation unfolds not as a narrative, but as a system: dispersed elements held in relation through reflection, moisture, and light. Handmade seaweed paper extends this field, introducing oceanic matter into the space and carrying a quiet continuity between bodies, environments, and memory.

This work continues an inquiry into distributed forms—where connection persists without proximity, and a whole emerges through its fragments. It gestures toward ecological systems, where relation unfolds beneath the surface of the visible.

Images courtesy of Laurent Barnavon, La Napoule Art Foundation (select images)