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Esther Alfvoet questions our relationship to matter and how traces of slow gestures can counterbalance the acceleration of contemporary life. Through practice-based research and material experiments, she creates objects and installations that evoke sensory closeness and invite introspection.
Matter, Gestures
'Kannen en Kruiken' explores the intangible connection between human and matter through the poetic unfolding of jugs and pitchers. These objects bear traces of slow, deliberate gestures that transcend functional boundaries, revealing a deeper relation to the material world. Rooted in the everyday, the work evokes a sensory closeness that invites introspection into the unseen aspects of our existence.
Jugs and pitchers meet each other at the table, where they unfold into a landscape. They come to life between imagination and reality, embodying the duality between human and nature. In a world destabilized by the constant drive to produce, they serve as carriers of moments of rest. Where rituals once provided structure and meaning, a sense of detachment now lingers, echoing the emptiness of our contemporary condition. Yet meaningful actions persist: filling a jug, arranging objects, touching matter.
Can the traces left by matter bring us closer to the stillness of nature?
