Faris Nakamura

Suspended Between Departure & Return

Emulsion on Treated Wood

2026

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This work gathers fragments of built environments held in the artist’s memory: a skate ramp, stairwells between floors, the quiet nooks and landings once occupied before returning home. These peripheral architectures of leaning, lingering, and waiting are reassembled into a single, fluid structure. What were once distinct sites become entangled impressions, where architectural rigidity softens and yields to movement. Suspended between departure and return, the sculpture reflects an ongoing negotiation with place and how spaces dissolve, compress, and reform through memory.

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Although composed of ordinary, often overlooked corners of everyday life, the form is rendered in a luxurious magenta. The colour elevates these tucked-away environments, framing them as formative and precious.