Meandmyhands
visual art by Katharina Forster
Proliferation
Proliferation is an ongoing exploration, a series of works in which used teabags—soft, fragile, once part of quiet, personal rituals—are meticulously assembled within a rigid wooden frame.
The term “proliferation” suggests rapid, even relentless growth, evident everywhere from biological cells to social structures, where expansion pushes against existing forms. The Proliferation series captures this tension by forcing adaptable, delicate teabags into a hard, uniform structure. The mesh resists, while the teabags are compressed and transformed from soft, familiar objects into something denser, nearly hardened. Associations with organic matter occur.
©K. Forster – VG – BildKunst Bonn
