Ad Vitam Vanitas
2025
Ad Vitam Vanitas is a sculptural series that breathes new life into the remnants of the past. Each piece is composed of repurposed heirlooms — objects once charged with personal memory, now transformed into meditations on continuity and impermanence. The title, Latin for “vanity toward life,” evokes the paradox at the heart of the work: that in clinging to the material traces of those who came before us, we confront both the fragility of existence and the persistence of legacy. These sculptures invite reflection on what endures when the function of an object fades, and how memory reshapes itself through the act of reinvention.
Through the assemblage of inherited fragments — worn furniture, jewellery, utensils, tools — the series transforms nostalgia into renewal. What was once utilitarian or sentimental becomes symbolic, blurring the boundaries between decay and vitality. Ad Vitam Vanitas speaks to the cyclical nature of creation: from the residue of lives once lived, new forms emerge. In repurposing what remains, the artworks do not reject the past but reanimate it, affirming that within every act of remembrance lies the quiet insistence to live.