Fountain

Fountain is a continuation of my research into intimacy, ritual, and bodily autonomy. The project is inspired by Carl Jung's concept of the mandala — not just as a symbol of spiritual balance, but as a psychological tool for integrating the fragmented self. Jung's writings have shaped my way of thinking: I see the body not only as a physical entity, but as a mythological landscape, full of archetypes, impulses, and hidden connections to the earth.

In this sculpture, I work with symbolic opposites — receptacle and spout, concealment and flow — to create a unified form that draws from both the toilet and the fountain. One structure is typically hidden, the other celebrated. By fusing them, I'm exploring how the sacred and the abject coexist, and how shame can be transformed into ceremony.

I reclaimed public space through acts of ritual urination, challenging the boundaries between body and land, shame and safety. Fountain emerges from that gesture, but moves it into the realm of sculptural myth.

This sculpture is made using recycled materials — including a discarded toilet and a plastic bottle — objects marked by their previous utility, now reimagined as part of a ceremonial form. Working with what has been cast off feels essential to the piece. I wanted the materials to speak directly to the themes of reclamation and transformation: to show how even what we consider waste can carry ritual meaning, and how the feminine body, in its most vulnerable expressions, can be a site of power, not shame.