I Am the Sea

The project explores my personal, lived relationship with the sea as a space of both presence and dissolution.

Swimming becomes a way of existing between control and surrender. In the water, I remain fully aware — I do not disappear into it — yet at the same time I experience a loss of boundaries, a sense of being dispersed beyond myself.

This relationship is rooted in memory: in learning to swim through my parents, in observing different ways of inhabiting the sea — between risk, trust, endurance, and pleasure. These experiences shaped not only my physical connection to water, but also my perception of self.

In the project, the sea functions not only as a metaphor, but as a condition. It holds a paradox: it is unstable and constantly shifting, yet it becomes the most reliable ground.

The work reflects on a state of being that is simultaneously autonomous and dependent — where the body is alone, yet sustained by something larger.