What Remains (2025)

Submission, Resistance & the Weight of Fear

What Remains is an interactive installation combining sculpture and imagery to explore the tension between submission and resistance. The work presents a hunched figure (Cower) interacting with towering protest boards, inviting the viewer to physically alter its position.

Concept and Inspiration

This piece brings together elements from Collages of Reality and Cower, creating a dynamic interaction between sculpture and image. It draws from Hannah Höch’s fragmented political commentary and Gormley’s human form studies, merging both into a single immersive experience.

Key Themes and Symbolism

• The crouched figure embodies fear, exhaustion, and the weight of crisis.

• The protest boards loom over it, reinforcing societal pressure and instability.

• The viewer’s ability to shift the figure questions their role in systems of power—are they bystanders or active participants?

Engagement and Audience Role

The installation challenges visitors:

• Will you reposition the figure, easing its burden?

• Or will you leave it, reinforcing its submission to crisis?

By blurring the line between passive observation and active participation, What Remains forces the audience to consider their own place in global struggles.