Time does not wait for us. It is the time of life passing, the time of the planet and of the climate as well. Climate change is a new kind of clock. Storms, droughts, torrential rains, the extinction of living beings — all of it brings us closer to a door unknown to humankind. Time is also an era, that of ‘solastalgia’, a new marker of a thoroughly contemporary state of mind. Time is also the time spent patiently drawing my fears and my hopes.

Hoursglass is a series of three abstract digital drawings. The concept is inspired by time gone by — a countdown, that of climate change and its irreversible tipping point. The three symmetrical shapes in the drawings resemble doors opening onto dark matter. Interdimensional gates reveal a shadowy unknown — an invitation to the void. The patterns are entirely hand-drawn using a digital pen. This painstaking, time-consuming technique echoes the very notion of time slipping away. Their textures are inspired by materials in a state of deliquescence. Particles float, scatter, and dissolve — like dust, microplastic fragments, clouds. Something both mineral and organic at once, whose movement pulls us toward an unfamiliar territory.