AFTER HOLDING

Two figures covered in black and beige satin fabric, one seated and the other with a hood, against a black background.

This work sits within the space where form begins to dissolve, holding grief not as a moment, but as a condition.

Silk is used as both surface and structure—concealing, collapsing, and resisting fixity.

There is no stable figure, only the suggestion of one becoming and unbecoming simultaneously.

What remains is not the body itself, but the tension of having held—and the inevitability of release.

material silk (BLACK & GOLD)

dimensions 180 cm x 120 cm

Year
2026

Featured

the becoming moment

interview (question 3 of 15)

in conversation with facades magazine
2026

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“Becoming is not a moment of inspiration, but a condition I have spent a decade learning how to construct with precision.”

  • eóin dillon

Person standing behind a long, flowing satin sheet that drapes over their head and body, with dark background.
A chair covered with shiny beige fabric in a dark environment with a black background.
Silhouette of a person covered in a flowing, shiny beige fabric against a dark background.

THRESHOLD: PRESSURE: EMERGENCE:

MATERIAL: archival pigment prints from GOLD SILK sculptures

YEAR: 2026

DIMENSIONS: 120 CM X 80 CM

A black silky dress hanging on a black background.
A satin sheet or fabric hanging against a black background, with a draped appearance and a slit in the center.

before appearance

White fabric hanging on a black background

withHOLD: PREsent: surrender:

MATERIAL: black silk on linen MATERIAL: GOLD SILK MATERIAL: white linen

YEAR: 2025 YEAR: 2025 YEAR: 2025

DIMS: 120 CM X 80 CM DIMS: 120 CM X 80 CM DIMS: 120 CM X 80 C