"Spilled Milk Zone" is a collection of tactile, ephemeral, natural-material artworks that capture the haunting weight of nostalgia and memory, inspired by the cinematic language of Andrei Tarkovsky.
These stills treat organic textures as physical imprints of passing time.
The image of spilled milk is one of the most potent, recurring visual motifs in the cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky—most famously in The Sacrifice (1986) and Mirror (1975).
Tarkovsky didn’t use symbols as simple codes. Instead, he used them as sensory images meant to evoke a deep, subconscious emotional response. When milk spills in a Tarkovsky film, it represents a profound disruption of time, the shattering of domestic peace, and the presence of looming disaster.
Vestige I. 2026. Photography/Digital Archive. Hibiscus powder in bioplastic solution.
Vestige II. 2026. Photography/Digital Archive. Dried clematis dried for 3 weeks into a bioplastic membrane.
Vestige III. 2026. Photography/Digital Archive. Nigella damascena in bioplastic solution.
Vestige IV. 2026. Photography/Digital Archive. Dried white rose in a bioplastic solution.
Vestige V. 2026. Photography/Digital Archive. Dried white rose petals in a bioplastic solution facing a circle of light.