SURRENDER

Surrender Project is an exploration of the boundary where human intent yields to the intelligence of matter. It is a series of sculptures that do not merely exist; they become.

The heart of the work resides at a decisive threshold: the moment the vessel is filled with liquid clay. At this point, the artist steps aside. The forms open, shift, and shed their initial structures to arrive at an autonomous configuration. This is not a loss of agency; it is the ultimate act of stewardship. By facilitating this transition, the work captures the silence of transformation, documenting the emergence of new states of being through the clay's own intrinsic wisdom.

These pieces exist in the tension between the maker’s hand and the material's innate logic. Surrender Project is a study in transition, capturing the silent, transformative moments that define our own human condition. It invites a stillness that is both profound and necessary—a space to contemplate the beauty of letting go.

"Ceramic processes intrinsically involve laborious and often delicate work resulting from manual work and care to achieve the desired form. Anastasia Egorova's work transcends delicacy and conveys the idea of that silence that catches the necessary time for the pieces to become. Halfway between the utilitarian piece and the impossible object, lacking of function because it has become a part of the process itself, it offers us the possibility of reflecting, of stopping to contemplate, think, meditate. The exhibition is presented as an experience in itself. The rooms become places that invite us to stop and contemplate. The details of each piece are tellers of stories and we have to be careful to listen to them from an interior space, there is no other way to understand the meaning." Dolors Ferrer, curator of the exhibition at s'Escorxador, Marratxí, Spain 2018.