RINGS IS AN ART INSTALLATION CREATED FOR BANGKOK DESIGN WEEK 2026 THAT INVITES VISITORS TO RECONSIDER THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TIMBER. COMPOSED OF TWELVE TRANSLUCENT PANELS, EACH PANEL PRESENTS A SINGLE CROSS SECTION OF A TREE, REVEALING THE GROWTH RINGS THAT RECORD ITS LIFE THROUGH TIME. EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALLY, THE PANELS APPEAR AS ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS OF ORGANIC PATTERNS AND TEXTURES.
WHEN VIEWED IN SEQUENCE, THE PANELS ALIGN TO REVEAL THE SILHOUETTE OF THE TREE FROM WHICH THEY ORIGINATE. THE INSTALLATION SHIFTS BETWEEN DETAIL AND WHOLE, ENCOURAGING VISITORS TO LOOK BEYOND TIMBER AS A FINISHED MATERIAL AND RECOGNIZE THE LIVING ORGANISM IT ONCE WAS. BY REASSEMBLING FRAGMENTS INTO A COMPLETE MEMORY, THE WORK REFLECTS ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME EMBEDDED WITHIN EVERY PIECE OF WOOD.
RINGS IS AN ART INSTALLATION CREATED FOR BANGKOK DESIGN WEEK 2026 THAT INVITES VISITORS TO RECONSIDER THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TIMBER. COMPOSED OF TWELVE TRANSLUCENT PANELS, EACH PANEL PRESENTS A SINGLE CROSS SECTION OF A TREE, REVEALING THE GROWTH RINGS THAT RECORD ITS LIFE THROUGH TIME. EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALLY, THE PANELS APPEAR AS ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS OF ORGANIC PATTERNS AND TEXTURES.
WHEN VIEWED IN SEQUENCE, THE PANELS ALIGN TO REVEAL THE SILHOUETTE OF THE TREE FROM WHICH THEY ORIGINATE. THE INSTALLATION SHIFTS BETWEEN DETAIL AND WHOLE, ENCOURAGING VISITORS TO LOOK BEYOND TIMBER AS A FINISHED MATERIAL AND RECOGNIZE THE LIVING ORGANISM IT ONCE WAS. BY REASSEMBLING FRAGMENTS INTO A COMPLETE MEMORY, THE WORK REFLECTS ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME EMBEDDED WITHIN EVERY PIECE OF WOOD.
