Drift (2017)
Installation view, Animate - Diyan Achjadi and Alisi Telengut
gouache, ink, pencil on paper,; lithography, letterpress, and silkscreen on paper
18 feet by 24 feet
2017
Drift is monumentally-scaled drawing and
print installation depicting clusters of
islands, clouds, and insects drifting and
colliding into one another. Using
Javanese and Chinese patterns and
iconographies, Drift explores the impact
of human activity on the ecosystem -
shifting of shorelines due to land
reclamation, and sand mining, for
instance.. The impact that activity in one
location may have on another location,
such as an ash-cloud from volcanic
activity in one island might change the
colour of the sky thousands of miles away
– is another area of investigation.
Photo by Justin Wonnacott