Casa Lanterns
03. 2024 CDMX
Born out of the desire to commemorate my homecoming after 13 years, ‘Casa Lanterns’ is a series of sconces that represent the ritual of burning fabric as an offering of lost time from ‘home.’ Manipulating found fabric with fire was inspired by the experience of burning joss paper at the temple to send fortune to the afterlife. The process was a ceremonial release of guilt and forgiveness.
Creating these nostalgic metaphoric homes allowed me to reclaim heavy memories into light — a literal yet poetic display of lanterns that reflects back in time to make space for future homes.
Meminisse: In case i forget you
8. 2024 Dumbo NY
Wander Group Show at Depot
12. 2023 BK-NY
Meminisse is a latin verb that means “To Remember”
‘Meminisse: In case I forget you’ is a reflection on the decay of memory. The work weaves through the passage of time forming a collection of fabricated memories of past lives, past selves, and relationships. The common thread between each piece is the ritual behind the process.
Chore Wall Sculpture Blue Hydrostone / Faded blues Vessel Blue Hydrostone with Tea Towel Imprints from: / Blue in Italy Tissue Box Sconce
Limoncello and Boy - Table Lamps with Weaved fabric, plaster
Heavy Lamp
APRIL 2022
A preference
between
a feeling
I teeter
between
changes
Heavy now
at times
Light
–ning fast
sporadically
Heavy
slow
let
it
simmer
in progress
stay in progress
stay in
a feeling or
preferably
escape as an object
Heavy in weight
Light by sight
Table Lamp
Found red levanto slab, found cement on a run, aluminum
6 x 6 x 12 in
Aimee Sy (1990. New York, USA) is a Filipino visual artist and art director. Her sculptural style uses light as a medium to celebrate themes of memory and decay. Drawn to using materials that once held a previous life, her work embodies her relationship with memories. Using light as both material and metaphor, she creates sculptural pieces that evoke a sense of nostalgia, impermanence, and transformation.
Exhibitions
2024 | Blue in Italy – Salon Art + Design, New York
Part of 11, curated by Zarolat
2024 | Foliage Exhibition – Zarolat, New York
Exhibited four pieces: Chore, Blue in Italy, Boy, Faded blues
2024 | Casa Lanterns – Casa Lü, Mexico City
Featured in Inician Días Violetas, residency group show
2023 | Meminisse, In Case I Forget You
Depot, Brooklyn, New York (2023) Part of State of Wander group show
2022 | Heavy Light – Ace Hotel, New York (2022)
Selected for ON, curated exhibition by Head Hi
Residencies
Casa Lü Artist Residency – Mexico City (March 2024)