Quentin Bu

What began as a catalogue of houseplants evolved into a deeper exploration of how tension and harmony can be translated into visuals. The collection employs methods such as pattern extractions, writing poetry, photo documentation, 3D modeling, bookmaking, finding metaphors and analogies in shape, white space, language and gesture, and translating between analog and digital image-making processes.

This practice remains ongoing, continuously observing and refining. The images below offer a glimpse of this journey, exploring the imperfection, care, and the intricacy between humans and plants.

         
        The chilly dew seeps
            through the spaces
                between my toes
            grazing through
                each brim of my bones,
            stepping through each plank
                pressing down on the ground
            knocking on each brick to
                briefly lodge in somewhere tender
            and elopes
                through the exhale to
            intertwine with the mists.

        I hear my knuckles crunch
            as she perishes yet I accept defeat
            as I cannot find traces of her escape
            as she floats lighter than air.