The work Dissolve consists of a triptych of video works in which the artist rinses plastic objects of specific, vibrant colors: blue, yellow, and pink. The visual experience rests on the tension between the material permanence of plastic and the process of its apparent disappearance. The acrylic paint, mixed and applied by the artist herself, creates a thick, saturated emulsion in contact with water that washes away from the surface, suggesting to the viewer a process of the object itself melting. Although the objects never truly transform before our eyes, the work utilizes the power of visual suggestion to create an illusion of physical deconstruction.

The process is cyclic and repetitive. The video is displayed in a loop that restarts the moment the paint is completely washed off, returning the viewer to the beginning of the process of covering and re-exposing the object. This loop emphasizes the futility of attempting to permanently reshape or destroy matter; the object remains intact, while what “dissolves” is merely the applied layer of representation. The vibrant colors serve not only to draw the eye but also to heighten the contrast between the artificial pigment that departs and the enduring plastic mass that remains.

Ultimately, Dissolve explores the boundary between perception and reality, using washed-away paint as a metaphor for the instability of visual information. The work places us in the role of an observer awaiting a change that is constantly deferred, transforming the simple act of rinsing into a meditation on matter’s resistance to its own disappearance. As the water carries away the color, the bare object remains, its presence exposing the failure of the visual illusion to penetrate its actual structure.